Getting the next ID without inserting a row

Question

Is it possible in SQL (SQL Server) to retrieve the next ID (integer) from an identity column in a table before, and without actually, inserting a row? This is not necessarily th

Answer 1

Rather than using an IDENTITY column, you could use a UNIQUEIDENTIFIER (Guid) column as the unique row identifer and insert known values.

The other option (which I use) is SET IDENTITY_INSERT ON, where the row IDs are managed in a source controlled single 'document'.