How to create sequence in SQL Server 2008

Question

I am creating sequence in SQL Server with the following code. But it displays error as unknown object type. Please give a solution

Here\'s my code :

Answer 1

Create a Numbers table; here's a SO question on the subject. Let's call it dbo.Number.

Have a table with an identity column. Set the seed and step to whatever is appropriate:

create table dbo.SequenceGenerator(ID int identity(1, 1), dummy int);

Then insert values from the numbers table and capture the newly-generated identity values:

declare @HowMany int = 3;  -- This determines how large a sequence you receive
                           -- at each itteration
declare @NewSequenceValue table (ID int);

insert dbo.SequenceGenerator(dummy)
output INSERTED.ID 
    into @NewSequenceValue
select Number from dbo.Numbers
where Number <= @HowMany;

select * from @NewSequenceValue;

Be sure to DELETE .. dbo.SequenceGenerator from time to time, else it will get big for no additional value. Do not TRUNCATE it - that will reset the IDENTITY column to its initally-declared seed value.