SQL - Check if a column auto increments
Run: describe 'table_name'; In column EXTRA is what you looking for
this works for sql server:
Select COLUMN_NAME, TABLE_NAME
from INFORMATION_SCHEMA.COLUMNS
where TABLE_SCHEMA = 'dbo'
and COLUMNPROPERTY(object_id(TABLE_NAME), COLUMN_NAME, 'IsIdentity') = 1
order by TABLE_NAME
For MySql, Check in the EXTRA
column:
SELECT *
FROM INFORMATION_SCHEMA.COLUMNS
WHERE TABLE_NAME = 'my_table'
AND COLUMN_NAME = 'my_column'
AND DATA_TYPE = 'int'
AND COLUMN_DEFAULT IS NULL
AND IS_NULLABLE = 'NO'
AND EXTRA like '%auto_increment%'
For Sql Server, use sys.columns
and the is_identity
column:
SELECT
is_identity
FROM sys.columns
WHERE
object_id = object_id('my_table')
AND name = 'my_column'
Assuming MySQL, the EXTRA
column will indicate whether it is AUTO_INCREMENT
.
| TABLE_CATALOG | TABLE_SCHEMA | ... | EXTRA | ... | ------------------------------------------------------------- | def | db_2_00314 | ... | auto_increment | ... |
And for MSSQL, see here.