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Q: How do I add a sequence number column to a table in MS SQL Server?
Say you have a table (MyTable) with a number column (say 15 digits, no decimals called SequenceNum), and you want this column to count the rows. In Oracle you would simply update the column with rownum:
update MyTable set SequenceNum = rownum
In SQL Server, we need to set up a counter and then increment it as we go:
declare @intCounter decimal(15,0)
select @intCounter = 0
update MyTable set @intCounter = SequenceNum = @intCounter + 1
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