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BI SQL # 215 : SQL Server DBA Scripts : Making IDENTITY column to NON-IDENTITY & vice versa

December 16, 2013 7:00 am

Hi Folks,

In this article we are going to cover Making IDENTITY column to NON-IDENTITY & vice versa.

In this post we are going to discuss following points:

Problem Statement of SQL Script:

How to make IDENTITY column to NON-IDENTITY & vice versa?

Description of SQL Script:

This script will make IDENTITY column to NON-IDENTITY & vice versa.

SQL Script Code

ALTER TABLE MyTable

DROP COLUMN myColumnName
GO

ALTER TABLE MyTable ADD myColumnName INT NULL
GO

--restore identity
ALTER TABLE MyTable

DROP COLUMN myColumnName
GO

ALTER TABLE MyTable ADD myColumnName INT IDENTITY (
    1
    ,1
    ) NOT NULL

User Level to execute

400

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