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SQLvoodoo
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Posted - 04/19/2007 :  11:29:06  Show Profile  Send SQLvoodoo a Yahoo! Message  Reply with Quote
I have a table with over 400K records that is in desperate need of a unique identifier. I added the unique ID field to my DB, but all existing records are set at NULL for a unique ID and my next input is where the unique ID will start (at 1)... is there a way to populate the existing records with a value and then have the count pick up at let's say 400,001?

Thanks for any help

khtan
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Posted - 04/19/2007 :  11:32:00  Show Profile  Reply with Quote
you can add the column with identity property


alter yourtable add [ID] int identity(1,1)


the existing record will be assign identity value of 1 to 400K

KH
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SQLvoodoo
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Posted - 04/19/2007 :  16:22:56  Show Profile  Send SQLvoodoo a Yahoo! Message  Reply with Quote
thanks!
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