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Does anyone happen to remember the function name used to generate sequential row number built-in SQL Server 2000.
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Row IDs are generated by the grid when data is supplied to the grid. The grid uses a sequence starting at 0 and incrementing by 1 to assign row IDs, so for example if there are three rows they will have IDs of 0 , 1 and 2 . The row ID does not change for a row once it is set.
The MS SQL Server uses the IDENTITY keyword to perform an auto-increment feature. In the example above, the starting value for IDENTITY is 1, and it will increment by 1 for each new record. Tip: To specify that the "Personid" column should start at value 10 and increment by 5, change it to IDENTITY(10,5) .
If you are making use of GUIDs this should be nice and easy, if you are looking for an integer ID, you will have to wait for another answer.
SELECT newId() AS ColId, Col1, Col2, Col3 FROM table1
The newId() will generate a new GUID for you that you can use as your automatically generated id column.
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Here is a simple method which ranks the rows after however they are ordered, i.e. inserted in your table. In your SELECT statement simply add the field
ROW_NUMBER() OVER (ORDER BY CAST(GETDATE() AS TIMESTAMP)) AS RowNumber.
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