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meishern
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 Posted - 2006-08-16 : 13:36:55
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| Hi.Please help me.Table 'Counter' has a date field and an integer field. I want to auto increase the integer field by 1 using the update statement. I DO NOT want to first run a select statement to find out the initial value of the integer field prior to incrementing it. how would i go about doing this?Thanks a lot! |
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tkizer
Almighty SQL Goddess
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Posted - 2006-08-16 : 14:12:14
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| Just use the IDENTITY option for this. It allows SQL Server to manage the column for you. Check out the below example. Notice how I don't insert any data into Column1, yet I get a value for it.CREATE TABLE Table1(Column1 int IDENTITY(1, 1), Column2 varchar(50))INSERT INTO Table1 (Column2) VALUES ('Tara')INSERT INTO Table1 (Column2) VALUES ('Mike')SELECT * FROM Table1DROP TABLE Table1Tara Kizer |
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help with simple sql statement