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.

Using

Answer 1

Unique key allows max 2 NULL values. Explaination:

create table teppp
(
id int identity(1,1) primary key,
name varchar(10 )unique,
addresss varchar(10)
)

insert into teppp ( name,addresss) values ('','address1')
insert into teppp ( name,addresss) values ('NULL','address2')
insert into teppp ( addresss) values ('address3')

select * from teppp
null string , address1
NULL,address2
NULL,address3

If you try inserting same values as below:

insert into teppp ( name,addresss) values ('','address4')
insert into teppp ( name,addresss) values ('NULL','address5')
insert into teppp ( addresss) values ('address6')

Every time you will get error like:

Violation of UNIQUE KEY constraint 'UQ__teppp__72E12F1B2E1BDC42'. Cannot insert duplicate key in object 'dbo.teppp'.
The statement has been terminated.