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Column.IdentitySeed Property

Gets or sets the identity seed for an identity column.

Namespace:  Microsoft.SqlServer.Management.Smo
Assembly:  Microsoft.SqlServer.Smo (in Microsoft.SqlServer.Smo.dll)

Syntax

'Declaration
<SfcPropertyAttribute(SfcPropertyFlags.None Or SfcPropertyFlags.ReadOnlyAfterCreation Or SfcPropertyFlags.Standalone Or SfcPropertyFlags.SqlAzureDatabase Or SfcPropertyFlags.Design)> _
Public Property IdentitySeed As Long
    Get
    Set
'Usage
Dim instance As Column
Dim value As Long

value = instance.IdentitySeed

instance.IdentitySeed = value

[SfcPropertyAttribute(SfcPropertyFlags.None|SfcPropertyFlags.ReadOnlyAfterCreation|SfcPropertyFlags.Standalone|SfcPropertyFlags.SqlAzureDatabase|SfcPropertyFlags.Design)]
public long IdentitySeed { get; set; }

[SfcPropertyAttribute(SfcPropertyFlags::None|SfcPropertyFlags::ReadOnlyAfterCreation|SfcPropertyFlags::Standalone|SfcPropertyFlags::SqlAzureDatabase|SfcPropertyFlags::Design)]
public:
property long long IdentitySeed {
    long long get ();
    void set (long long value);
}

[<SfcPropertyAttribute(SfcPropertyFlags.None|SfcPropertyFlags.ReadOnlyAfterCreation|SfcPropertyFlags.Standalone|SfcPropertyFlags.SqlAzureDatabase|SfcPropertyFlags.Design)>]
member IdentitySeed : int64 with get, set

function get IdentitySeed () : long
function set IdentitySeed (value : long)

Property Value

Type: System.Int64
An Int32 value that specifies the identity seed for an identity column.

Remarks

The identity seed is the amount that the identity column is set to initially for the first new row.

The Identity property must be set to True before setting this property.