Identity Increment = Greyed Out (actually, All Properties Are Greyed Out)
Oct 2, 2006
I am looking to make the primary key auto increment by 1. I have found by looking around the internet that you need to do this in the Tables -> [Table Name] -> Columns -> [Column Name], Properties window, and I see the "Identity Increment" however all of the properties there are greyed out -- I can't access them.
Any ideas on how to make this work?
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