Can I use a T-SQL script to delete an IDENTITY column?

T-SQL's ALTER TABLE statement doesn't support dropping the IDENTITY property in SQL Server 2000 or 7.0. Your only option for deleting an IDENTITY column is to create a new table structure without the IDENTITY column, then copy the data into this structure.

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Your question and answer are confusing each other. You can certainly drop a column that has the identity property. I think your question meant to read, "Can I use a T-SQL script to remove the IDENTITY property for a column?"

yukonguy- September 09, 2004

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what about 2005?

swirl80- August 23, 2007

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