# Forcing Identity column to start sequence at 1

**URL:** <https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/forcing-identity-column-to-start-sequence-at-1/6778>\
**Category:** 3rd Party Modules\
**Created:** [June 27, 2013, 7:38am UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/forcing-identity-column-to-start-sequence-at-1/6778 "2013-06-27T07:38:48Z")\
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**Author:** ![nclemeur](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/b5e925/32.png) [@nclemeur](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/nclemeur)\
**Post date:** [June 27, 2013, 7:38am UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/forcing-identity-column-to-start-sequence-at-1/6778/1 "2013-06-27T07:38:48Z")

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Hello,

I was wondering if there is a way to force an IdentityField to start generating values from something greather than 0… This is to avoid confusing that value with a null value on foreign keys. I know I can use getLongObj, but would be nice if checking for null could be avoided…

Cheers

Nicolas