06-20-2022 06:54 AM
Hello everyone. I am working with tables that need an identity column. I currently have a view in which I cast the different columns to the data type that I want. Now I want the result of this view to be inserted or merged into a table. The schema of the view can be reused, but an identity column (Start at 1, increment by 1) should be added.
However, the only option that I see, is that I define the schema of the target table somewhere (and thus write it down). I don't want this, as I would need to manage the schema in two locations (in the view where I do the casts, and the schema of the target table, although the latter script should only be executed once).
Is there a possibility to take the schema of the view, add the identity column and use this as the schema for a new table?
I already tried to create a table from the view (which worked), but if I then altered the table and added the identity column, I got an error. It seems that the identity column can only be added during the creation of a table.
I got the following error:
06-28-2022 01:23 AM
Hello @Kaniz Fatma, the answer from @Werner Stinckens helped. I just created a script that is used to create the table. In the script I specify the identity column and this works.
06-21-2022 01:51 AM
At the moment that is not supported.
The alter table command only allows for sync identity.
06-27-2022 09:34 AM
Hi @Jasper Puts, We haven’t heard from you on the last response from @Werner Stinckens, and I was checking back to see if his suggestions helped you. Or else, If you have any solution, please share it with the community as it can be helpful to others.
06-28-2022 01:23 AM
Hello @Kaniz Fatma, the answer from @Werner Stinckens helped. I just created a script that is used to create the table. In the script I specify the identity column and this works.
06-28-2022 04:54 AM
Hi @Jasper Puts, Thank you for your response. I'm glad the solution worked. Would you mind selecting the best answer for the community?
09-13-2022 12:10 AM
Hello @Jasper Puts how did you solve this issue of creating a identity column to existing table.
I'm also getting the same error as you got.
09-13-2022 12:11 AM
the recent syntax is :
ALTER TABLE retaildb.sales_order ADD COLUMN sales_key3 BIGINT GENERATED ALWAYS AS IDENTITY(1,1);
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