how to make an auto increment for ID in sql2008 ?

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SQL-Server-2008

This is my statement for my table

SQL

SELECT       id, name, department
FROM         auto

I want to make my id column is auto increment start from 001.
I already try this >>

ALTER TABLE dbo.auto AUTO_INCREMENT=001

but its doesn't work

Thanks

Posted 3-Nov-13 16:19pm

gogole_yuna

Updated 3-Nov-13 16:21pm

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Tadit Dash (ତଡିତ୍ କୁମାର ଦାଶ) · Answer 1 · 2013-11-03T16:30:00

Refer - SQL Identity with leading padded zeros[^].

Quote:

SQL

create table Identitytest(
    number int  identity(1,001) not null,
    value varchar(500)
)

But it will store them as 1, 2, 3 ...

If you want to show them by leading zeros, then follow the answer...

Quote:
If you want to display your number column with leading zeros, just pad it in your SELECT statement. It's a number, it will NOT store with leading zeros as an integer.

SQL
SELECT RIGHT('00000' + CAST([number] AS varchar(5)) , 3)
FROM IdentityTest
The 3 is the number of characters you want total in the output display.