Auto increment primary key in SQL Server Management Studio 2012

Question

How do I auto increment the primary key in a SQL Server database table, I\'ve had a look through the forum but can\'t see how.

Answer 1

Perhaps I'm missing something but why doesn't this work with the SEQUENCE object? Is this not what you're looking for?

Example:

CREATE SCHEMA blah.
GO

CREATE SEQUENCE blah.blahsequence
START WITH 1
INCREMENT BY 1
NO CYCLE;

CREATE TABLE blah.de_blah_blah
(numbers bigint PRIMARY KEY NOT NULL
......etc

When referencing the squence in say an INSERT command just use:

NEXT VALUE FOR blah.blahsequence

More information and options for SEQUENCE