I keep getting a syntax error when I try to execute the following statement from Query Analyzer:
Alter Table Table1
Alter Column Field1 Int
I am getting the following error:
Server: Msg 170, Level 15, State 1, Line 2
Line 2: Incorrect syntax near 'column'.
I am converting Field1 from a varchar to int, is this not allowed?
TIA,
Chris
I finally found a way to "deploy" my local SqlServerExpress (SSE) database to the remote Sql2K server... In VisualWebDeveloper (VWD) I can create the table definition and then save the creation sql script and use that in SSE Express Manager while connected to my remote DB. I am describing this because I'm so surprised no one has had problems with this as thousands of developers, some very unexperienced (as me maybe!), are trying the same situation now that some are offering 2.0 hosting... Well I thought this was a great idea until the Sql2K server is returning error messages on the script VWD created. So please could you help since I'm not that good at complex sql scripting. It seems the error comes from the ALTER TABLE syntax:BEGIN TRANSACTIONSET QUOTED_IDENTIFIER ONSET ARITHABORT ONSET NUMERIC_ROUNDABORT OFFSET CONCAT_NULL_YIELDS_NULL ONSET ANSI_NULLS ONSET ANSI_PADDING ONSET ANSI_WARNINGS ONCOMMITBEGIN TRANSACTIONCREATE TABLE dbo.Table2 ( prID int NOT NULL IDENTITY (1, 1), DateInserted datetime NOT NULL, Title nvarchar(100) NOT NULL, Description nvarchar(MAX) NULL, CategoryID smallint NOT NULL, DateLastUpdated datetime NULL, Price int NOT NULL, SpecialPrice int NULL, ImgSuffix nvarchar(5) NULL, ImgCustomWidth smallint NULL ) ON [PRIMARY] TEXTIMAGE_ON [PRIMARY]GOALTER TABLE dbo.Table2 ADD CONSTRAINT PK_Table2 PRIMARY KEY CLUSTERED ( prID ) WITH( STATISTICS_NORECOMPUTE = OFF, IGNORE_DUP_KEY = OFF, ALLOW_ROW_LOCKS = ON, ALLOW_PAGE_LOCKS = ON) ON [PRIMARY]
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What is wrong with my syntax with the following command?:
alter table EmployeeInfo alter column OriginDate smalldatetime not null default getdate()
I'm getting:
Incorrect syntax near the keyword 'default'
Currently, in my table OriginDate is nullable with no default.
Thanks in advance for your help!
APF
Hello,
the following alter table statement:
ALTER TABLE [dbo].[CalCalendar]
ALTER COLUMN [OID] uniqueidentifier NOT NULL PRIMARY KEY NONCLUSTERED
is answered with:
Server: Msg 156, Level 15, State 1, Line 2
Incorrect syntax near the keyword 'PRIMARY'.
which I consider to be interesting. Anyone has an idea why? I checked documentation but I do not see an error.
Note that:
ALTER TABLE [dbo].[CalCalendar]
ALTER COLUMN [OID] uniqueidentifier NOT NULL
DOES get executed, and
ALTER TABLE [dbo].[CalCalendar]
ALTER COLUMN [OID] uniqueidentifier NOT NULL PRIMARY KEY
produces the same error.
Now, in my understanding this has nothing to do with an index may already exist etc. - the eror indicates a SYNTAX error, before any checking. Makes no sense to me, though, reading the documentation.
So - anyone an idea?
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For Each objfile In files
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DatabaseConnection.Open()
Try
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Catch ex As SqlException
MsgBox(ex.Message)
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I typed the following in sqlcmd:
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2> GO
And I got this error:
Line 1: Incorrect syntax near 'LOGIN'.
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my code:
Alter table customers alter column age
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;
I ran this query against the pubs database and it runs successfully
ALTER TABLE publishers ALTER COLUMN state CHAR(25)
I change the table & field names for my db as follows:
ALTER TABLE customquery ALTER COLUMN toclause CHAR(25)
and run against my database and I get the following error - Incorrect syntax near 'COLUMN'.
My column name is correct - I don't know why it would run fine against pubs, but not my db. I do not have quoted identifiers turned on. I have tried using [] around my column name [toclause], but that didn't change anything. Any help would be appreciated.
Thanks.
I 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.
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(
id int not null,
descript varchar(255) null,
T_date datetime not null
)
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************************************************** ******
Contract table DDL is
create table contract(
contractNum int identity(1,1) primary key,
contractDate smalldatetime not null,
tuition money not null,
studentId char(4) not null foreign key references student (studentId),
contactId int not null foreign key references contact (contactId)
);
In SQL Server 2005,here are two tables, created by the following SQL Statements:
CREATE TABLE student(
ID CHAR(6) PRIMARY KEY,
NAME VARCHAR(10),
AGE INT
);
CREATE TABLE score(
ID CHAR(6) PRIMARY KEY,
SCORE INT,
FOREIGN KEY(ID) REFERENCES student(ID)
);
For the length of Column ID is not enough, So I want to alter its length.The alter statement is:
ALTER TABLE student ALTER COLUMN ID CHAR(20)
For the table student is referenced by table score, the alter statement can not alter the column of the table student, and the SQL Server DBMS give the errors.
But, I can manually alter the length of the column ID in SQL SERVER Management Studio. How to alter column length of the master table(student) along with the slave table(score)?
Thanks!
which ALTER TABLE/ALTER COLUMN- Statement has a Recreate Table as result ?
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,@var_3varchar(30)
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I have a table tblABC which exists in 800 databases. I want to run a cursor to turn off the pk field ID indentity permannetly and then to "insert tblABC select * from tblXYZ".
I have tried the "set indentity_insert tblABC on" statement and failed on insert tblABC select * from tblXYZ.
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Hi,
is it possible to override the system when adjusting
columns. i.e. a system override setting.
For instance if I've got a column that is indexed and I
want to adjust it from varchar(50) to varchar(51) it lets
me. But if I then try and adjust the column to varchar
(49) I get the error below:
Server: Msg 5074, Level 16, State 8, Line 1
The index 'LastName' is dependent on column 'lastname'.
Server: Msg 4922, Level 16, State 1, Line 1
ALTER TABLE ALTER COLUMN lastname failed because one or
more objects access this column.
I asked this question on another Forum and was told I had to drop the index first. Just thought I'd ask for a second opinion.
Thanks for the help.
Steve
Hi to all!
I have a silly problem, but I'm not able to solve it!
I know how to add a field in a table via Enterprise manager and I know also via ALTER TABLE command.
...But the problem is: I want to add a field NOT in the last position, but on the middle (for istance)
So, this is possible via Enterprise Manager but with the ALTER TABLE command? How can I add a field without put it in the last position?
...Thanks a lot!
Sergio
p.s.: Sorry for my poor english..I hope you understand my question!
hello,
i am trying to add a column to every table in a database, if it (doesn't already exist), with the following code:
declare @name varchar(50)
declare c cursor for select name from sys.tables
open c
fetch next from c into @name
while @@FETCH_STATUS = 0
begin
if( (select count(*) from sys.columns
WHERE object_id IN (SELECT object_id FROM sys.tables WHERE name = @name )
and name='ins_id') = 0 )
begin
alter table @name add ins_id int
end
fetch next from c into @name
end
close c
deallocate c
and when i run the script i get the error message
Incorrect syntax near '@name'.
reffering to the alter table statement
So, my question is, how can i actually perform the alter table in this case?
thank you
Pramod writes "I want to change the primary key field of my database to Identity seed. the table is with data. data should be secured
this is the structure
'=================================
CREATE TABLE [tblStock] (
[StockId] [numeric](18, 0) NOT NULL ,
[ItemID] [numeric](18, 0) NULL ,
[Batch] [varchar] (50) NULL ,
[Qty] [float] NULL ,
[Prate] [float] NULL ,
[SRate] [float] NULL ,
[Mrp] [float] NULL ,
[PTR] [float] NULL ,
[batchid] [numeric](18, 0) NULL ,
[BatchCode] [varchar] (50) NULL ,
CONSTRAINT [PK_tblStock] PRIMARY KEY NONCLUSTERED
(
[StockId]
) ON [PRIMARY] ,
CONSTRAINT [IX_tblStock] UNIQUE NONCLUSTERED
(
[ItemID],
[Batch],
[Prate]
) ON [PRIMARY]
) ON [PRIMARY]
===================================
How do i use alter table with identity seed
ALTER TABLE tblStock alter column StockID Numeric IDENTITY (1, 1)
how the p[rimary key affects
Please help me"
How to alter a table name by using Query Analyser
i tried like this..
ALTER TABLE of_info_grp
RENAME TO stp_info_grp_map
It is giving an error like this
Server: Msg 156, Level 15, State 1, Line 4
Incorrect syntax near the keyword 'TO'.
Some one help on this
Hi,I'm trying to write a function check if a column exists on a table, andcreates it if it doesn't. The line that the query analyzer is citingis noted. It seems unhappy taking variables in the ALTER TABLEcommand. I can think of a hack around this, but I'm hoping there's abetter way? Muchas gracias in advance :)-DJCode followsCREATE FUNCTION fieldCreator(@TableName varchar(20),@FieldName varchar(20))RETURNS BITASBEGINif (EXISTS (SELECT count (objname)FROM ::fn_listextendedproperty (NULL, 'user', 'dbo', 'table',@TableName, 'column', @FieldName)GROUP BY objname))BEGINALTER TABLE @TableName ADD @FieldName int DEFAULT 4 --ERRORS HERE!!!EXEC sp_addextendedproperty 'caption', 'Created by script foranalysis', 'user', dbo, 'table', @TableName, 'column', @FieldNamereturn 1ENDreturn 0ENDGO
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View 2 Replies View RelatedI am trying to insert some new rows in the table tbl_3, but the problem is that I don't know how to go along with the ID column. I want to insert new rows so that it gets appended at the end and new ID is automatically generated.
Looks like this had to be done while creating the table. The original table has the id assigned as 'Identity', but I have imported this table to my database and now it does not show that property in the ID column.
The Insert code that I am using is as follows and the tbl_3 has same no. of columns except it also has id.
Can I alter table without touching the previous IDs? The ids start at 28118 and ends at 28300.
Code Snippet
INSERT INTO [dbo].[tbl_3]
(3_name
,3_sort
,3_active
,3_display
,3_date)
select _MANUFACTURERNAME , 1, 1, 'True',
GETDATE()
from dbo._MANUFACTURERS where upper(_MANUFACTURERNAME) not in (
select Upper(3_name) from dbo.tbl_3 join
dbo._MANUFACTURERS on Upper(3_name) = Upper(_MANUFACTURERNAME))
And the error it is returning to me is
Msg 515, Level 16, State 2, Line 2
Cannot insert the value NULL into column '3_id', table '.dbo.tbl_3'; column does not allow nulls. INSERT fails.
The statement has been terminated.
hi,
i have table having just two columns. One of columns is defines as nchar(5).
Want to alter table like
ALTER TABLE [dbo].[TestTable] ALTER COLUMN [Something] [nchar] (2)
COLLATE Latin1_General_CI_AS NOT NULL
GO
?
This script runs without problem till i have no data in table. When i add one row, this script fails with
Msg 8152, Level 16, State 13, Line 1
String or binary data would be truncated.
The statement has been terminated.
When i change the table in design mode, it says that data will be truncated and do the change (with truncating).
So is there any possibility (a switch or whatever) to update this table by script with letting engine truncate data?
Thanks for any response
Lubos