Can't Drop Constraint...?
Aug 30, 2006
Hello, I have hit the wall here...can't make sense of this one.
I have a script that creates a PRIMARY KEY constraint called PK_tblDRG
CODE:
ALTER TABLE [dbo].[tblDRG]
ALTER COLUMN [record_id] Uniqueidentifier NOT NULL
Go
ALTER TABLE [dbo].[tblDRG]
WITH NOCHECK ADD PK_tblDRG PRIMARY KEY CLUSTERED
(
[record_id]
) WITH FILLFACTOR = 90 ON [PRIMARY]
All is fine with that. I run this to verify:
EXEC sp_pkeys @table_name = 'tblDRG'
,@table_owner = 'dbo' ,@table_qualifier = 'Relational_05Q3'
which returns this:
TABLE_QUALIFIERTABLE_OWNERTABLE_NAMECOLUMN_NAMEKEY_SEQPK_NAME
Relational_05Q3dbotblDRGrecord_id1PK_tblDRG
Now I want to drop the constriant if it exists:
if exists (select * from dbo.sysobjects where id = object_id(N'[dbo].[PK__tblDRG]') and OBJECTPROPERTY(id, N'IsPrimaryKey') = 1)
ALTER TABLE [dbo].[tblDRG] DROP CONSTRAINT PK__tblDRG
AND I get this in return:
The command(s) completed successfully.
So, lets double check:
EXEC sp_pkeys @table_name = 'tblDRG'
,@table_owner = 'dbo' ,@table_qualifier = 'Relational_05Q3'
AND I STILL GET THIS:
TABLE_QUALIFIERTABLE_OWNERTABLE_NAMECOLUMN_NAMEKEY_SEQPK_NAME
Relational_05Q3dbotblDRGrecord_id1PK_tblDRG
Hmmmmm. Looks like the IF statement didn't do it's job. Ok fine. I'll just kill it myself:
ALTER TABLE [dbo].[tblDRG] DROP CONSTRAINT PK__tblDRG
AND I GET THIS?!?!?!?!
Server: Msg 3728, Level 16, State 1, Line 1
'PK__tblDRG' is not a constraint.
What am I not getting here? Is it me...I can take If I am a bone head here.
Any help would be appreciated. Thanks!
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Oct 9, 2001
ALTER TABLE doc_exe ADD
/* Add a PRIMARY KEY identity column. */
column_b INT IDENTITY
CONSTRAINT column_b_pk PRIMARY KEY,
/* Add a column referencing another column in the same table. */
column_c INT NULL
CONSTRAINT column_c_fk
REFERENCES doc_exe(column_a)
go
ALTER TABLE doc_exe
DROP CONSTRAINT column_c_fk
How to recreate CONSTRAINT column_c_fk without droping and reacreating column column_c or add new CONSTRAINT on column column_c ?
Thanks a lot .
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Code Snippet
ALTER TABLE TBL_SyncTable DROP CONSTRAINT DF_TBL_SyncTable_DEVUK
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*UPDATE*
I am trying to use the following code to check if the SCHEMA exists but still no luck. For some reason when I create it and wrap an IF statement around it, it doesn't detect the SCHEMA. Is something wrong with my code?
Code Snippet
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-------------------
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NOTE:
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Post-Save Notifications
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ALTER TABLE Person
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Msg 547, Level 16, State 0, Line 2
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Msg 3728, Level 16, State 1, Line 2
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Msg 3727, Level 16, State 0, Line 2
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Code Snippet
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CREATE TABLE (SQL Server Compact)
...
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Code Snippet
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Email Address:
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Code Block
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