{"id":3810,"date":"2024-03-13T07:32:14","date_gmt":"2024-03-13T07:32:14","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.silicloud.com\/blog\/how-to-set-an-auto-increment-column-in-sql-server\/"},"modified":"2025-07-30T21:29:06","modified_gmt":"2025-07-30T21:29:06","slug":"how-to-set-an-auto-increment-column-in-sql-server","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.silicloud.com\/blog\/how-to-set-an-auto-increment-column-in-sql-server\/","title":{"rendered":"SQL Server Auto-Increment Column Setup Guide"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>In SQL Server, the way to set an auto-increment column is by using the IDENTITIY property when creating a table. For example:<\/p>\n<pre class=\"post-pre\"><code><span class=\"hljs-keyword\">CREATE<\/span> <span class=\"hljs-keyword\">TABLE<\/span> ExampleTable\r\n(\r\n    ID <span class=\"hljs-type\">INT<\/span> <span class=\"hljs-keyword\">PRIMARY<\/span> KEY <span class=\"hljs-keyword\">IDENTITY<\/span>(<span class=\"hljs-number\">1<\/span>,<span class=\"hljs-number\">1<\/span>),\r\n    Name <span class=\"hljs-type\">VARCHAR<\/span>(<span class=\"hljs-number\">50<\/span>)\r\n)\r\n<\/code><\/pre>\n<p>In the example above, the ID column is set as an auto-increment column starting at 1 and increasing by 1 each time. When data is inserted into the table, the value in the ID column will automatically increment without the need for manual assignment. 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