Is there a way to check if INDENTITY is enabled on a table?

Is there a way to check if INDENTITY is enabled on a table?

I want to provide a table name and see if Identity (Autonumber) is enabled
on it. Is this possible?

Thanks for any help.

Cheers,

~ck

Re: Is there a way to check if INDENTITY is enabled on a table?

CK (c_kettenbach@hotmail.com) writes:
> Is there a way to check if INDENTITY is enabled on a table?
>
> I want to provide a table name and see if Identity (Autonumber) is enabled
> on it. Is this possible?

There are several ways. The quickest is probably

SELECT CASE WHEN ident_current('tbl') IS NOT NULL
THEN 'Has identity'
ELSE 'Nope'
END

You can also use objectproperty, or look in sys.columns (SQL 2005 only).


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