how to get the next autoincrement value in sql

Question

I am creating a winform application in c#.and using sql database.

I have one table, employee_master, which has columns like Id, name, address

Answer 1

try this:

SELECT IDENT_CURRENT('tbl_name') + IDENT_INCR('tbl_name');

Answer 2

To get the next auto-increment value from SQLServer :

This will fetch the present auto-increment value.

SELECT IDENT_CURRENT('table_name');

Next auto-increment value.

SELECT IDENT_CURRENT('table_name')+1; 

------> This will work even if you add a row and then delete it because IDENT_CURRENT returns the last identity value generated for a specific table in any session and any scope.

Answer 3

For MS SQL 2005 and greater:

Select Cast(IsNULL(last_value,seed_value) As Int) + Cast(increment_value As Int) As NextID
From sys.identity_columns
WHERE NAME = <Table_Name>

Answer 4

As for me, the best answer is:

dbcc checkident(table_name)

You will see two values (probably same) current identity value , current column value