Auto Increment in SQL server 2005

Question

How to add auto incrementing property to primary key of a table in Sql Server 2005 ? I have ProductID as primary key. I want to increment its value by 1 everytime a record is added. I didn't use IDENTITY keyword while creating table.

Answer 1

There is a lot posted about this either here in SO or in other places. What you are looking for is exactly this

how to set auto increment after creating a table without any data loss?

Answer 2

Thank you everyone . i have found another way of adding IDENTITY property without sql commands.

In SQL Server Management console , go to Object Explorer->Select your Database->Select your Table->Right click on the Column on which Identity property has to be specified->Choose Modify option. In column Poperties window , scroll to Identity Specification . Change value of IsIdentity to Yes and specify seed and increment values and save.