SQLServer IDENTITY Column with text

Question

How would I create an IDENTITY column in SQLServer with text in the column?

Example:

ABCD-987065
ABCD-987066
ABCD-987067

Answer 1

CREATE TABLE BikeParts (
    BikeParts_GUID AS 'ABCD-' + RIGHT(REPLICATE('0', 8) + CONVERT(VARCHAR, BikePart_ID), 10),
    BikePart_ID INT IDENTITY(1, 1),
    BikePart_Name VARCHAR(100)
)

INSERT INTO BikeParts VALUES ('Break Cable')
INSERT INTO BikeParts VALUES ('Seat Cover')
INSERT INTO BikeParts VALUES ('Head Light')
INSERT INTO BikeParts VALUES ('Tail Lamp')

SELECT * FROM BikeParts

Answer 2

You'd have to not use an IDENTITY column, but generated the ids/strings yourself.

Far better to format the IDENTITY column for display instead, especially if the string part is constant for all records - makes indexing/querying more performance and saves on db space.

If records may have a different string section (i.e. not all starting with "ABCD-"), then you could store that as a separate field.