Possible to implement a manual increment with just simple SQL INSERT?

Question

I have a primary key that I don\'t want to auto increment (for various reasons) and so I\'m looking for a way to simply increment that field when I INSERT. By simply, I mean

Answer 1

I don't know if somebody is still looking for an answer but here is a solution that seems to work:

-- Preparation: execute only once
    CREATE TABLE Test (Value int)

CREATE TABLE Lock (LockID uniqueidentifier)
INSERT INTO Lock SELECT NEWID()

-- Real insert

    BEGIN TRAN LockTran

    -- Lock an object to block simultaneous calls.
    UPDATE  Lock WITH(TABLOCK)
    SET     LockID = LockID

    INSERT INTO Test
    SELECT ISNULL(MAX(T.Value), 0) + 1
    FROM Test T

    COMMIT TRAN LockTran