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Max Angelo Dapitilla Perin
Max Angelo Dapitilla Perin

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Answer: how to increment integer Columns value by 1 in SQL

To add one to every value in the table...

UPDATE myTable
SET ID = ID + 1

To create a new value, one more then the previous highest (usually), use a column with IDENTITY

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