How To Create Table with Identity Column

Question

I have an existing table that I am about to blow away because I did not create it with the ID column set to be the table\'s Identity column.

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Answer 1

This has already been answered, but I think the simplest syntax is:

CREATE TABLE History (
    ID int primary key IDENTITY(1,1) NOT NULL,
    . . .

The more complicated constraint index is useful when you actually want to change the options.

By the way, I prefer to name such a column HistoryId, so it matches the names of the columns in foreign key relationships.