How can I have two columns in SQL Server auto increment?

Question

I have two columns in a table of a SQL server DB that I would like to autoincrement when new fields are added. However, Managment Studio wont allow me to set two columns to IDENTITY. Is there some other way to do this?

Answer 1

You could make the second field a calculated field based on the first.

Or make an INSERT trigger than programatically generates the value for the second.

Answer 2

If you wanted the 2nd column to basically be a mirror of the first:

ALTER TABLE dbo.myTable ADD
   foo  AS [rowid]
GO

If you wanted it to apply some math formula to it to achieve some kind of offset:

ALTER TABLE dbo.myTable ADD
    foo  AS ([rowid]+1) * 7 --or whatever you like.
GO