Help with generating a unique number

[kevlam]

hello,

I'm trying to create a database in SQL Server management Studio for a project. I have created a tabel named Employee and I have 14 columns. I need to set the firts column (Emp_ID) as Primary Key (accomplished) and then generate a unique number for each Emp_ID that I insert. currently I have no information in my database I'm stuck in finding the procedure to correctly code the SQL statement that will generate a unique Emp_ID when I insert new values or add a new row of information. Can someone please help? I"ve look all over my text and searched the web and cannot find something useful to help.

thanks in advance

[almostbob]

CREATE TABLE Employee
(
Emp_Id int PRIMARY KEY IDENTITY,
LastName varchar(255) NOT NULL,
FirstName varchar(255),
Address varchar(255),
City varchar(255),
postalcode vachar(6),
/* other columns*/
)

not sure about sql server, identity SHOULD be the keyword to make it autoincrement

[kevlam]

Thank you very much for your help