How to get the next identity value from SQL Server

Question

I need to get the next identity value from SQL Server.

I use this code :

SELECT IDENT_CURRENT(\'table_name\') + 1

This

Answer 1

In case when your table will be empty then this query will work perfectly.

SELECT
  CASE
    WHEN (SELECT
        COUNT(1)
      FROM tablename) = 0 THEN 1
    ELSE IDENT_CURRENT('tablename') + 1
  END AS Current_Identity;