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Yes, Isavidge is right. <br />
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The ID property must be a numeric value. You cannot modify the column to accept characters and maintain the IDENTITY property. The identity options are grayed out. <br />
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Yes, Isavidge is right.

The ID property must be a numeric value. You cannot modify the column to accept characters and maintain the IDENTITY property. The identity options are grayed out.



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Upon the insert of a new record, I need to append a two character prefix to the OrderID which is an identity value. <br />
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How would I accomplish with in SQL Server 2005 ?
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Upon the insert of a new record, I need to append a two character prefix to the OrderID which is an identity value. 

How would I accomplish with in SQL Server 2005 ?

Append prefix to OrderID upon insert of new record

Microsoft SQL Server 2005 is a suite of relational database management system (RDBMS) products providing multi-user database access functionality.Component services include integration (SSIS), reporting (SSRS), analysis (SSAS), data quality, master data, T-SQL and performance tuning. It includes support for managing XML data and allows a database server to be exposed over web services using Tabular Data Stream (TDS) packets encapsulated within SOAP (protocol) requests.

Microsoft SQL Server 2005

SQL (Structured Query Language) is designed to be used in conjunction with relational database products as of a means of working with sets of data. SQL consists of data definition, data manipulation, and procedural elements. Its scope includes data insert, query, update and delete, schema creation and modification, and data access control.