Alter a table column with auto increment by 1 in derby

Question

I have created a table in derby Netbeans and now i realize that i need to make a column as auto incremented by 1 which is a primary key. How can i do so? I

Answer 1

Recreate the table again see example below:

CREATE TABLE students
(
id INTEGER NOT NULL GENERATED ALWAYS AS IDENTITY (START WITH 1, INCREMENT BY 1),
name VARCHAR(24) NOT NULL,
address VARCHAR(1024),
CONSTRAINT primary_key PRIMARY KEY (id)
) ;