MS SQL Server 2000

How to create an auto-incrementing column in MS SQL Server 2000

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Unlike Microsoft SQL Server 2005 and 2008, MS SQL Server 2000 does not have a ROW_NUMBER() function which applies only to the results of a SELECT query as it doesn’t store any permanent value in the DB. The way it works is in keeping with the principles of relational databases. There is no implict ordering … Read more