Creating an IDENTITY column in a view

Is it possible to create an IDENTITY column in a view? I would like to have a column which will always start at 1 and increment 1 for every record in the view.
Thanks!
CSThere might be another way to get what you want. It depends on your data. For example if you have a table that has unique rows you could write something like this:

SELECT
COUNT(*) AS ID,
A.Activity_Type_Ky
FROM
Activity_Type AS A
JOIN Activity_Type AS B
ON A.Activity_Type_Ky > B.Activity_Type_Ky
GROUP BY
A.Activity_Type_Ky

You could also use a function or stored procedure with a temporary table to get what you want if you are not limited to a view.|||I suggest you use a stored procedure to:

1. create a temporary table that includes the identity column
2. insert all the records of your view into the temporary table using single T-SQL statement
3. select * from the temprary table

in sql server 2000 you don't need to drop the temp table