Is there any way to remove the IDENTITY property of a column? I originally used it, but it caused so many headaches with ADO.NET that I've decided to just increment the darn things manually. So I want to turn it into just a normal integer column.
If there's no direct way, can someone suggest a quick way to create a new column, copy all the old values into the new column, change the primary key to the new column, and drop the old column?
Thanks.
Hi guys,
If I have a temporary table called #CTE
With the columns
[Account]
[Name]
[RowID Table Level]
[RowID Data Level]
and I need to change the column type for the columns:
[RowID Table Level]
[RowID Data Level]
to integer, and set the column [RowID Table Level] as Identity (index) starting from 1, incrementing 1 each time.
What will be the right syntax using SQL SERVER 2000?
I am trying to solve the question in the link below:
http://forums.microsoft.com/MSDN/ShowPost.aspx?PostID=2093921&SiteID=1
Thanks in advance,
Aldo.
I have tried the code below, but getting syntax error...
ALTER TABLE #CTE
ALTER COLUMN
[RowID Table Level] INT IDENTITY(1,1),
[RowID Data Level] INT;
I have also tried:
ALTER TABLE #CTE
MODIFY
[RowID Table Level] INT IDENTITY(1,1),
[RowID Data Level] INT;
Hi I’m trying to alter a table and delete a column I get the following error. The object 'DF__Morningst__LastU__19EB91BA' is dependent on column 'LastUpdated'.
ALTER TABLE DROP COLUMN LastUpdated failed because one or more objects access this column. I tried deleting the concerned constraint. But the next time I get the same error with a different constraint name. I want to find out if I can dynamically check the constraint name and delete it and then drop the column. Can anyone help.IF EXISTS(SELECT 1FROM sysobjects,syscolumnsWHERE sysobjects.id = syscolumns.idAND sysobjects.name = TablenameAND syscolumns.name = column name)BEGIN EXECUTE ('ALTER TABLE tablename DROP CONSTRAINT DF__SecurityM__DsegL__08C105B8')EXECUTE ('ALTER TABLE tablenameDrop column columnname)ENDGO
I need to know definitively when I need to drop and recreate column statistics (histogram) when altering a column. Empirically, it seems I can lengthen a varchar or change a not null column to a nullable one, and then existing statistics dont' cause
Msg 5074, Level 16, State 1, Line 1
The statistics 'c1' is dependent on column 'c1'.
Msg 4922, Level 16, State 9, Line 1
ALTER TABLE ALTER COLUMN c1 failed because one or more objects access this column.
But, if I change a column to not nullable or shorten a column, I get the error.
Is this the complete description of when I need to drop and recreate column statistics and when I don't?
when i alter non identity column to identity column using this Query alter table testid alter column test int identity(1,1) then i got this error message Msg 156, Level 15, State 1, Line 3 Incorrect syntax near the keyword 'identity'.
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Thanks
i am altering an int column to identity:
where is something wrong here?
error:
Server: Msg 156, Level 15, State 1, Line 1
Incorrect syntax near the keyword 'IDENTITY'.
statement:
ALTER TABLE Navigation Alter column [Navigation_ID] int IDENTITY(1,1)
I'm attempting to remove the IDENTITY property from a column using the ALTER command but can't seem to find the right syntax. I've tried every conceivable combination I can think of. I can add the property to a column that doesn't have it.
It's easy to do in Enterprise Mgr., but I want to script the change.
I really don't want to drop the table and rebuild if I don't have to.
Sidney Ives
Hello All,
There is a table A in SQL. One of the column of A was IDENTITY before and was getting referenced in other table B.
During migration to SQL 2005, I removed the IDENTITY constraint and imported all the data from 2000 to 2005. Now I have to deploy the IDENTITY back to the column. I am getting an error while executing the code:
ALTER TABLE TableA
ALTER COLUMN ColumnA
ADD CONSTRAINT IDENTITY(445,1)
Can anyone tell me where I am going wrong? Or if there is any other way to do it. There are 50+ tables I need to do the same.
Thanks,
-S
hello experts,
Any body know what is the query for modifying the identity column in a table? i mean modifying from IDENTITY column to int colum or VICE-VERSA
Thanks
Muthu
I tried
Alter table table1 alter column column1 Identity(1,1);
Alter table table1 ADD CONSTRAINT column1_def Identity(1,1) FOR column1
they all can not work,
any idea about this? thanks
i have a table
table1
column1 int not null
column2 char not nul
column3 char
i want to script a change for table1 to alter column1 to be the table identity column. not primary.
Is there a way to remove the Identity property of a column in SQL Server 2000?
The statement:
<code>
ALTER TABLE <table name> ALTER COLUMN <column name> DROP IDENTITY
</code>
returns a syntax error.
Thank you,
Jeff
trying to change a column that is just a INT NOT NULL column, to have an auto-increment.
Code:
ALTER TABLE [ImpExpTables].[dbo].[ImpExp_eBayLocalNeedsDeleted]
ALTER COLUMN ID int IDENTITY(1,1) NOT NULL
just gives error at IDENTITY
i need to alter all foreign keys in my database and uncheck the"Enforce relationship for replication" check box. Using the EM, Iextracted the code snippet below. unfortunately, when i run this testfrom query analyzer, then go back into the EM, the box is stillchecked.can anyone tell me what i am missing? any advice on unsetting thisattribute globally would be appreciated!BEGIN TRANSACTIONSET QUOTED_IDENTIFIER ONSET TRANSACTION ISOLATION LEVEL SERIALIZABLESET ARITHABORT ONSET NUMERIC_ROUNDABORT OFFSET CONCAT_NULL_YIELDS_NULL ONSET ANSI_NULLS ONSET ANSI_PADDING ONSET ANSI_WARNINGS ONCOMMITBEGIN TRANSACTIONALTER TABLE dbo.CustomerCustomerDemoDROP CONSTRAINT FK_CustomerCustomerDemo_CustomersGOCOMMITBEGIN TRANSACTIONALTER TABLE dbo.CustomerCustomerDemo WITH NOCHECK ADD CONSTRAINTFK_CustomerCustomerDemo_Customers FOREIGN KEY(CustomerID) REFERENCES dbo.Customers(CustomerID) NOT FOR REPLICATIONGOCOMMITthanks!!
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View 5 Replies View RelatedI have created a table as below mentioned. Then I want to alter the ID column as identity(1,1) without dropping the table as well as losing the data.
create table dbo.IdentityTest
(
id int not null,
descript varchar(255) null,
T_date datetime not null
)
Does anyone have a script that can drop the Identity columns from all the tables in a database? Thanks
View 1 Replies View RelatedHi,
I am having problem in bulk update of a sql server table haning identity column from a datatable( has no identity column) using sqlbulkcopy. I tried several approaches, but it does not show any error nor is the table getting updated. But the identity value seems to getting increased every time.
thanks.
varun
I must change replication schema from:
Publisher - SQL2000(8.0.2039), Disrtibuter/Subscriber - SQL2000
to:
Publisher - SQL2000(8.0.2039)(The same server), Disrtibuter/Subscriber - SQL2005(9.0.2047)(new server)
I have removed all subscription, publications, distributer and publisher. So there should not be now any information about replication.
Now I want to make some changes with tables and i try to alter and drop columns on publisher database. But it wont do... I always receive messages that tables and fields are being used in replication:
ALTER TABLE Clients DROP COLUMN ABCCode
Msg 4932, Level 16, State 1, Line 1
ALTER TABLE DROP COLUMN failed because 'ABCCode' is currently replicated.
I tried to use sp_MSunmarkreplinfo and sp_removedbreplication but it did not help. I also tried to drop column with sp_repldropcolumn but got this message: Invalid object name 'sysmergearticles'.
Looks like server (publisher) still has information about old replication. But how to delete this information? And how can I alter and drop fields?
Thanks
Hi people,I?m trying to alter a integer field to a decimal(12,4) field in MSACCESS 2K.Example:table : item_nota_fiscal_forn_setor_publicofield : qtd_mercadoria integer NOT NULLALTER TABLE item_nota_fiscal_forn_setor_publicoALTER COLUMN qtd_mercadoria decimal(12,4) NOT NULLBut, It doesn't work. A sintax error rises.I need to change that field in a Visual Basic aplication, dinamically.How can I do it? How can I create a decimal(12,4) field via script in MSACCESS?Thanks,Euler Almeida--Message posted via http://www.sqlmonster.com
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I have dropped and recreated all indexes on the table, with no effect on the dpages value, as well as running dbcc updateusage for the table.
Is it not possible to free up the space used by using this method ?
Is recreating and repopulating the table with only the required columns the correct / only way to do this ?
thanks,
manoj
I am writing a procedure to drop a specific user's schema only. I select all his/her table name and foreign key in a temp table first and then use a cursor to get the table name and foreign key, and begin drop foreign keys and drop table. However, sql think it is wrong with the syntax like "alter @table_name". Does anyone have a clue, what is wrong with my syntax. Or someone know how to drop one specific user's schema only (Other user may have same table in the database, and you don't want to drop that.
Attached is my scripts: please correct it. Thanks.
CREATE procedure sp_drop_schema @user sysname
as
select o.name table_names, o.id table_id, s.parent_obj Key_id, s.name key_name, u.name users_name
into #temp1
from sysobjects o inner
join sysobjects s on o.id=s.parent_obj
join sysusers u on o.uid=u.uid
where s.type='f' and u.name=@user
declare cur_f cursor
for select table_names, key_name
declare @table_name varchar (80), @key_name varchar (80)
open cur_f
fetch next from cur_f into @table_name, @key_name
while @@fetch_status=0 begin
alter table @table_name
drop constraint @key_name
fetch next from cur_f into @table_name, @key_name
end
close cur_f
deallocate cur_f
drop table #temp1
select o.name table_name, o.id table_id, o.uid users_id, u.name users_name
into #temp2
from sysobjects o
inner join sysusers u on o.uid=u.uid
where type='u' and u.name=@user
declare cur_temp cursor
for
select table_name
from #temp2
declare @tab_name varchar (80)
open cur_temp
fetch next from cur_temp into @tab_name
while @@fetch_status=0 begin
drop table @tab_name
fetch next from cur_temp into @tab_name
end
close cur_temp
deallocate cur_temp
drop table #temp2
Thought I should post in the newbie forum for a while, instead. :-)
I have a couple of scripts that I've generated that drop a couple of system stored procedures and recreate them. I'm not sure why I did it in the first place, but I think it was that it wouldn't let me run an ALTER statement on them. Specifically, I'm now looking at sp_add_operator. I changed it to a 500 character email field instead of whatever it was (100, I think.)
/* Explanation: Why did I do that? SQL Mail is prohibited here, so I'm using CDO_Sysmail to email myself and the developers if a job fails. The list of people to email is determined by the owner of the database, who is also an operator in SQL. I get the list of emails from the email field of the operator properties. Hence, I need a bigger email field. Yes, I now know it would most likely be better to create an ADMIN database on each server for this kind of stuff. (Thanks to Tara for that blogged suggestion.) */
While I will probably go back to the default stored procedure, this got me to thinking: when would it be better to use an ALTER statement on a SProc rather than to do a DROP and CREATE?
Your thoughts, oh SQL gurus?
I need to run the alter table to drop a default. However, the default name is kind of 'dynamic' from around 1000 databases, thus I need to run the following sql to get the name to a variable. Now, it looks the alter table statement does not like to drop a vaiable, is there a solution about it?
declare @radius_default varchar(40)
select @radius_default = (select sobj.name from sysobjects sobj
inner join syscolumns scolumn
on sobj.ID = scolumn.cdefault
where scolumn.name = 'radius' and sobj.name like '%LandMarks%')
print 'Need To Drop @radius_default: ' + @radius_default
--====================================
alter table LandMarks drop constraint @radius_default
thanks
David
Hi:
I need to change a column's datatype from tinyint to int as follows:
alter table tableName
alter column column1 int
but with error <<'DF__LandMarks__color__6A50C1DA' is depending on it.>>
However, this old default is not part of the constraint. Thus, the only way is to delete it from sysobjects.
unfortunately, the following code I have to commented since they could only be executed line by line, not within a begin...end block.
--exec master.dbo.sp_configure 'allow updates', 1
--reconfigure with override
--delete from sysobjects
-- where name = 'DF__LandMarks__color__6A50C1DA'
-- and type = 'D'
--exec master.dbo.sp_configure 'allow updates', 0
--reconfigure with override
I need to update 10 server around 2500 databases with this change.
I have looked INFORMATION_SCHEMA related views, but not found default related, maybe I missed something.
thanks
David
I have a VIEW which is dynamically generated through complex dynamic SQL. Unfortunately the dynamic SQL uses "Select * from table" to select the columns because the programmer did that to reduce the amount of code in the dynamic SQL string as the code can't be debugged if it's too long.
Therefore, I have a VIEW with columns in it I don't need, and want to remove them from the view - I need to remove all columns with column names matching the syntax '%1%_2' .
The view is called TEMP_EXPORT_1
I can either use the code below to return a list of columns that I want removed:
select column_name from information_schema.columns
where table_name='TEMP_EXPORT_1' and column_name like '%1%_2'
Or I can use the code below to return the list of columns that I want to keep:
select column_name from information_schema.columns
where table_name='TEMP_EXPORT_1' and column_name not like '%1%_2'
Now how would I go about altering TEMP_EXPORT_1 view so that it no longer has these columns? I know views don't have a drop statement...
Therefore I tried the following but I'm not sure of the syntax:
ALTER VIEW dbo.TEMP_EXPORT_1
AS
SELECT (select column_name from information_schema.columns
where table_name='TEMP_EXPORT_1' and column_name not like '%1%_2')
FROM dbo.TEMP_EXPORT_1
Am I on the right track? how can I ALTER this view to remove these columns? ... I want to keep this separate from the code that generated the view as I want it as an optional procedure that can be run if needed.
Anyone have any compelling arguements for using one over the other?
Thanks
Mercy
We have a generic sql login "prduser". Applications use this login. We want the login NOT to have ALTER PROCEDURE and DROP PROCEDURE permissions only on the stored procedures(there are thousands of them).
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HELLO All,
Does anybody knows how to set identity to column using ALTER Script.
Thanks in advance.
--kneel
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my code:
Alter table customers alter column age