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

Answer: 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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