I cannot figure out how to add a default constraint to an existing column. The syntax I'm using is :
ALTER TABLE table_name WITH NOCHECK
ADD CONSTRAINT column_name DEFAULT (0)
This gives me a syntax error.
The column was originally added with a default constraint of 1 to a 2.6 million row table.
I dropped the existing constraint and need to add the new default constraint of 0 for that column.
IF NOT EXISTS (SELECT TOP 1 1 FROM dbo.syscolumns WHERE id = OBJECT_ID(N'dbo.Employee) and name = 'DoNotCall') BEGIN ALTER TABLE [dbo].[Employee] ADD [DoNotCall] bit not null Constraint DoNot_Call_Default DEFAULT 0 IF ( @@ERROR <> 0 ) GOTO QuitWithRollback END
It just takes a LOT of time in SQL Server Management studio. I have to cancel the query and cancelling takes a whole lot time. I am using SQL Server 2008.
I have this problem. I want to add a new primary key to a table but i want the name of the contstraint to be generated by the system. I have this TSQL code.
ALTER TABLE TableTest ADD CONSTRAINT PRIMARY KEY (C1)
Reading the BOL, it says that if you don't supply a name for the constraint it generates one. But I get this error "Incorrect syntax near the keyword 'PRIMARY'".
If I add a name to the constraint, it works fine. I'm using SQL Server 2000
I am trying to alter a table adding a column with foreignkey constraint. The table that holds the primary key in that relation has data, so i am not being able to execute the alter statement.
This is the error:
Server: Msg 547, Level 16, State 1, Line 1 ALTER TABLE statement conflicted with COLUMN FOREIGN KEY constraint 'FK_MOPAeroportoICAO_IDMOPAlimentacaoFerroviaTipo'. The conflict occurred in database 'MOP', table 'MOPAlimentacaoFerroviaTipo', column 'IDMOPAlimentacaoFerroviaTipo'.
This is the script:
ALTER TABLE MOPAeroportoICAO ADD IDMOPAlimentacaoFerroviaTipo [int] DEFAULT 0 NOT NULL CONSTRAINT [FK_MOPAeroportoICAO_IDMOPAlimentacaoFerroviaTipo] FOREIGN KEY REFERENCES MOPAlimentacaoFerroviaTipo (IDMOPAlimentacaoFerroviaTipo)
How can i turn of check when i add the foreign key ?
I can't seem to get the syntax correct for ALTERing an existing column with a default constraint. I've been to Help and BOL. There are examples that show how to use the ALTER command to add a column with a default constraint but not how to do it on an existing column.
 I have a table named [New Item] and created a default constraint on a column, and i wanted to change the data type of the column using the query
alter table [new item] alter column pcs_qty decimal(15,2) not null
but the name of the default constraint is 'DF__New Item__Pcs_Qt__2D12A970' and i am not able to delete the constraint because it contains a space in between.Is there any work around for this.
I tried to delete the constraint by using the query
alter table [new item] drop constraint 'DF__New Item__Pcs_Qt__2D12A970'
but I am getting the exception,
Msg 102, Level 15, State 1, Line 2
Incorrect syntax near 'DF__New Item__Pcs_Qt__2D12A970'.
I simply need the ability using SQL to add columns in an existing table before (or after) columns that already exist.
The MS SQL implementation of ALTER TABLE doesn't seem to provide the before or after placement criteria I require. How is this done in MS SQL using SQL or is there a stored procedure I can use?
Sorry I'm pretty new to SQL so I don't know if this is a simple question. I have a table, and I am trying to add a column to the table and populate this column using what would be called an 'IF' function in Excel.
Basically 'column A' has numbers in it. I want SQL to look at 'column A' and if the first 5 digits of the number in 'column A' are 00001, then put 'description A' into new column 'column B'. If the first 5 digits of the number in 'column A' are 00002, then put 'description B' into 'column A' etc.
I want to add new primary key into existing table which already has a primary key. But,I do not want to remove the old primary key, since there are many records and the old primary key also have relationship with other table
When I am using this query:
alter table hem154 add indexNO uniqueidentifier default newid()
alter table hem154 add CONSTRAINT pk_hem154_indexNo PRIMARY KEY (PK_indexNO) go
Note: Hem154 ~ Table name indexNo ~ Column Name
I get this runtime error:
Msg 1779, Level 16, State 0, Line 1 Table 'hem154' already has a primary key defined on it. Msg 1750, Level 16, State 0, Line 1
Is it possible to add new data to an existing report. I already updated the SQL query, but the new data does not appear within the report. How can I modify the rows, columns and data fields???
I removed all constraints in order to load a bunch of data into a table, now I'm wondering if I can add an identity column to this table which does contain data or if I have to create a new table with the identity column and insert the data into that.
After i run the sql which adds some columns on one particular table.I am getting this Warning
Warning: The table 'usac499_499A' has been created but its maximum row size (9033) exceeds the maximum number of bytes per row (8060). INSERT or UPDATE of a row in this table will fail if the resulting row length exceeds 8060 bytes.
I got a series of the above warning message , but the coulmn wa created.
I have a scenario where I need to add a blank column to a table that is a publisher. This table contains over 100 million records. What is the best way to add the column? In the past where I had to make an update, it breaks replication because the update would take forever as jobs are continuously updating the table so replication can't catch up.
If I alter a table and add a column, would this column automatically get picked up in replication?
Hello all,I'm using SS2K on W2k.I'v got a table say, humm, "Orders" with two fields in the PK:OrderDate and CustomerID. I would like to add an "ID" column whichwould be auto-increment (and would be the new PK). But, I would reallylike to have orders with the oldest OrderDate having the smallest IDnumber and, for a same OrderDate, I'd to have the smallest CustomerIDfirst. So my question is:How could I add an auto-increment column to a table and make it createits values in a particular order (sort by OrderDate then CustomerIDhere)?In the real situation, the table I want to modify has around 500krecords and the PK has 5 fields and I want to sort on three of them.Thanks for you helpYannick
I have this querey at the minute but when I attempt to put the default value of IND in the Sales Rep Code field I get an error Invalid column name, if I try and put 'IND' AS [Sales Rep Code] I get an incorrect syntax error.
DECLARE @Query nVarchar(1000) SET @Query = N'SELECT NULL AS [GEO UNIT], NULL AS [PMC Invoice Date], IND AS [Sales Rep Code] FROM '+ 'Test' + RIGHT(DATEPART(yy, GETDATE()), 2) + '_' + CASE WHEN DATEPART(m, GETDATE()) IN ('11', '12', '1') THEN 'Q1' ELSE CASE WHEN DATEPART(m, GETDATE()) IN ('2', '3', '4') THEN 'Q2' ELSE CASE WHEN DATEPART(m, GETDATE()) IN ('5', '6', '7') THEN 'Q3' ELSE CASE WHEN DATEPART(m, GETDATE()) IN ('8', '9', '10') THEN 'Q4' END END END END + '.dbo.all_data' EXECUTE sp_executesql @Query, N'@level tinyint', @level = 35
Hi,I see the following in Books Online: CONSTRAINT--Is an optional keywordindicating the beginning of a PRIMARY KEY, NOT NULL, UNIQUE, FOREIGNKEY, or CHECK constraint definition...But I have a table column defined as follows:[MONTH] [decimal] (2, 0) NOT NULL CONSTRAINT[DF__TBLNAME__MONTH__216361A7] DEFAULT (0)My question: Is "DEFAULT" a constraint, or is it called something else?Thanks,Eric
I have created a SQL view of several tables, and need to add either a primary key or a constraint to this view. I need it for some full text indexing that will be performed on the view. How do I do it?
alter table tblV add constraint foreign key (T_ID) references tblT(T_ID) on delete set null on update cascade Error is: Major Error 0x80040E14, Minor Error 25501 There was an error parsing the query. [ Token line number = 3,Token line offset = 1,Token in error = foreign ]
I'm new with SQL Mobile, so sorry for the novice question.
A few weeks ago a client asked me to add a column to a table so Icreated this script:ALTER TABLE dbo.tblIndividual ADD fldRenewalStatus BIT NOT NULLCONSTRAINT fldRenewalStatus_Default DEFAULT 0Now they want to change it from a BIT to an INT, to store an enum.Fair enough. However, no matter how much I wrangle with a script, Ican't find a reliable way to alter the column. I've mixed and matchedthe following and nothing seems to work:EXEC sp_unbindefault 'tblIndividual.fldRenewalStatus'DROP DEFAULT DF_tblIndividual_fldRenewalStatusALTER TABLE tblIndividualDROP CONSTRAINT fldRenewalStatus_DefaultALTER TABLE tblIndividualDROP COLUMN fldRenewalStatusGOALTER TABLE tblIndividualADD fldRenewalStatus int NOT NULLCONSTRAINT fldRenewalStatus_Default DEFAULT 0Thoughts?ThanksEdward
I have a table set up called tbl_DailySummary_new. In that table I have a column called €˜RevType€™ char(2) NOT NULL Default €˜00€™. I'm trying to populate this table from another table called tbl_DailySummary. The RevType column in tbl_DailySummary allows null values (and has them). When I attempt to insert all records from tbl_dailysummary into tbl_DailySummary_new, I get the following error message:
Msg 515, Level 16, State 2, Line 1
Cannot insert the value NULL into column 'RevType', table 'TxnRptg.dbo.tbl_DailySummary_new'; column does not allow nulls. INSERT fails.
The statement has been terminated.
Why dosen€™t the default constraint on the RevType column in the new table pick this up?
I'm a software developer trying to hack my way thru a SQL script to increase the size of a column. The column has a constraint on it that won't allow the alter unless its dropped.
Alter command: ALTER TABLE dbo.QueueBack ALTER Column QBQueue varchar(4) NOT NULL
Message response: Msg 5074, Level 16, State 1, Line 10 The object 'DF__QueueBack__QBQue__76818E95' is dependent on column 'QBQueue'. Msg 4922, Level 16, State 9, Line 10 ALTER TABLE ALTER COLUMN QBQueue failed because one or more objects access this column.
So, my script drops the default constraint, alters the column size and then adds the constraint back. The problem is that the constraint does NOT appear to be the same as it was prior. I can run the Alter command on the column and it will allow me to change the size of the column... where it prohibited me from doing such before. How do I restore the default constraint so it is exactly the way it was before I dropped it?
Thx,
Stretch
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Script for drop, alter, add... modified slightly for simplicity...
declare @Error int
BEGIN TRAN SELECT @Error = 0
DECLARE @defname VARCHAR(100), @cmd VARCHAR(1000)
-- this is retrieved at run time from the sysconstraints table; hard-coded here... set @defname = 'DF__QueueBack__QBCategory'
IF @defname <> '' BEGIN SET @cmd = 'ALTER TABLE dbo.QueueBack DROP CONSTRAINT '+ @defname EXEC(@cmd)
if @@ERROR = -1 BEGIN SET @Error = -1 END END
if @Error = 0 BEGIN -- modify the column ALTER TABLE dbo.QueueBack ALTER Column QBCategory varchar(7) NOT NULL
if @@ERROR = -1 BEGIN SET @Error = -1 END END
if @Error = 0 BEGIN -- Add the default constraint back SET @cmd = 'ALTER TABLE dbo.QueueBack ADD CONSTRAINT '+ @defname + ' DEFAULT ('''') FOR QBCategory' EXEC(@cmd)
if @@ERROR = -1 BEGIN SET @Error = -1 END END
if @Error = 0 BEGIN -- Commit if no error... COMMIT TRAN END ELSE BEGIN -- Rollback if error... ROLLBACK TRAN END
Select MemberNbr, EligYear,EligMonth, count(*) FROM [MemberMonth] GROUP BY MemberNbr, EligYear,EligMonth HAVING COUNT(*) > 1
THIS WILL GIVE ME ZERO ROWS,,, That is GOOD which means NO DUPLICATES..I need to add a constraint to the table MEMBERMONTH to make sure no one can insert duplicate records.
Okay, maybe I'm getting ahead of myself. Using SQL Server Express, VWD and .net 2.0 I've figured out how to drop a Table Column Constraint or Default Value/Binding and then Create it again using a stored procedure. What I can't figure out is how to retrieve that column's constraint value and write it to, say a label, in an aspx page, simply for reference. Is it possible? In this case the Data Type of the column is money. I'm using it to perform a calculation to a column with a value that the user inserts into another column. (Column1(user input) minus Column2(with Default Value) = Column3(Difference). I just want to read Column2's Default Value for reference so I know whether to change it or not.
I have a default constratint on DateColumn getdate()-1
I have used enterprise manager to update it to yesterday's date everyday.
I would like to have a SQL which can check for the date in the system or even a trigger which checks when the date changes the constraint is updated itself. If this is not possible I would like to have a stored procedure which I will schedule to run as a job everyday once.
So if today 6/12/2006, the default value in the Datecolumn should be 6/11/2006.
This gives me a error, i tried but could not fix the bug.
Alter Table TABLE_NAME Alter Constraint DF_DATECOLUMN Default getdate()-1
ALTER TABLE [dbo].[bkrm_lendcoll] ADD CONSTRAINT    ReqdCovgAmt_constraint33 CHECK    ( case  when CovgAmt = 0 and  ReqdCovgAmt = 0 then 1  when CovgAmt = 0 and  ReqdCovgAmt = 1 then 1  when CovgAmt = 1 and  ReqdCovgAmt = 0 then 1  when CovgAmt = 1 and  ReqdCovgAmt = 1 then 0 end =1 )
This is my first attempt to add a constraint for business logic. Â The desired behavior is that the two columns together have the same behavior as a radio button. Â (one can be true, the other true, both can be false, but both cannot be true.) I get this error when I attempt to update it.
The ALTER TABLE statement conflicted with the CHECK constraint "ReqdCovgAmt_constraint33". The conflict occurred in database "Std", table "dbo.lendcoll".
So, basically my question is, when you have two bit columns and want them to have the truth table such as described, how can I set a Check constraint to enforce this?
I have a excel file which has a column called "Code" and their values are A,B,C,D,E,F,G,H. I want to create a new column called "status" based on the values of "Code".
Code:
A B C D E F G H
If A,C,E,G then "status" = "Active" else if B,D,F,H then "Status" = "Inactive". I like to do it using "Derived Column".
What are the tables are having the Default Constraint those table's Script the User can't generate but remaining tables He/She can generate,If i want DENY he/she to do not generate the script those are not having the DF Constraints what should i do.....
Are there any vices to using default constraints on all columns in your table. For example an Int that defaults to 0 or a char or varchar that defaults to ''
I know that 0 and Null are not the same thing. But if your programs don't have the concept of NULL then you have to convert the NULL to zero.
So, DEFAULT CONSTRAINTS on every column. Is it good or Bad?
