article Properties, Identity Range Tab
In replication topologies where a publication contains an identity column and where new rows can be inserted at Subscribers, additional configuration may be necessary to ensure that no duplicate identity values or constraint violations occur.
The Identity Range Tab allows you to specify that SQL Server™ 2000 will assign and manage identity columns automatically by allocating ranges of identity values to the Publisher and all the Subscribers.
The following options are available on the Identity Range tab of the article Properties dialog box.
Options
Automatically assign and maintain a unique identity range for each subscription
SQL Server will assign the identity ranges for the Publisher and for each subscription to this article.
Maximum identity value
View the maximum identity value that will be entered for a row in this replicated table.
Next range starting value
View the next available starting identity value.
Identity Increment
View the increment with which identity values are generated.
Range size of Publisher
Enter the identity range size reserved for INSERTs made at the Publisher.
Range size of Subscribers
Enter the identity range size reserved for INSERTs made at Subscribers.
Assign a new range when this percentage of values is used
When INSERT values on this article reach this percentage of the existing identity range, SQL Server will assign a new identity range.
Note Changing the values on this dialog box affect all articles based on this table. All articles in all publications that are based on this table use the same identity range properties.