Posted by Mark on 10/01/22 11:25

BEGINNER QUESTION

I have a table which has a compound primary key consisting of two columns.

One of these columns is a foreign key which is generated in another table by
an identity.

I want to be able to generate the other primary key column value
automatically when an insert occurs but assume that I cannot use an identity
because it would have to be unique for this table.

There will be potentially more than one user accessing this table so I want
to avoid generating the key on the client side.

How can I do this? Will it require some hardcore T-SQL?

I hope this is clear (I suspect it isn't) I'd be happy to supply more info.
I would be extremely grateful for any help!

Mark.

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