Add A Column Trough Command (ALTER)
Sep 12, 2013I'm trying to add a column trough command "ALTER" and I've tried in many different ways.
Here is the result of statement..
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Adding The Column By Using The Alter Command.
Jun 1, 2008ALTER TABLE customers
add column active_flg int(1)
but i got error.
quote:Msg 156, Level 15, State 1, Line 2
Incorrect syntax near the keyword 'column'.
what should i do?
ps. thanks for warning... i won't edit the post after i got the answer anymore.
TSQL - Using ALTER TABLE - ALTER COLUMN To Modify Column Type / Set Identity Column
Sep 7, 2007Hi 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),
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@parameter varchar
as
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Dec 16, 2005Hello everyone,
I just started learning sql and I came across a slight problem.
Assume I have a customer table composed of the following fields:
Customer_Number,Sname,Street,City,Postcode,credit_lim,balance.
What I want to do is to drop the Street,city,and postcode fields and add the following: fax,email,and phone.
Is it possible to use the following command:
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Or should I do as following:
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Sep 3, 2007
Dear all
I need to add new column in table TranPay , I use ALTER command on PDA on Button Click
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Dim Dcmd As SqlCeCommand = New SqlCeCommand
Dcmd.Connection = Conn
Dcmd.CommandText = SqlStm
Dcmd.ExecuteNonQuery()
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Brg ,
Tingnong
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Code Snippet
ALTER TABLE Table_1
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Thanks, Onam.
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Jun 23, 2014Running this query in DR server to start SQL mirroring but encountered an error below.
Query:
use master
go
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go
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Msg 1452, Level 16, State 6, Line 2
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Sep 11, 2007I used the code below to move the Model database and Model log file to new SAN drive locations.
After running the commands I stopped the SQL server and moved the physical files to the correct location.
Now I am unable to start SQL server, I get error 17204 Could not open file:Access is denied
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but did not include model.mdf in the file path.
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I have included the log file below.
ALTER DATABASE database_name MODIFY FILE ( NAME = logical_name , FILENAME = 'new_path/os_file_name' )
2007-09-11 13:19:31.82 Server Microsoft SQL Server 2005 - 9.00.3042.00 (X64)
Feb 10 2007 00:59:02
Copyright (c) 1988-2005 Microsoft Corporation
Standard Edition (64-bit) on Windows NT 5.2 (Build 3790: Service Pack 2)
2007-09-11 13:19:31.82 Server (c) 2005 Microsoft Corporation.
2007-09-11 13:19:31.82 Server All rights reserved.
2007-09-11 13:19:31.82 Server Server process ID is 3264.
2007-09-11 13:19:31.82 Server Authentication mode is MIXED.
2007-09-11 13:19:31.82 Server Logging SQL Server messages in file 'D:Program FilesMicrosoft SQL ServerMSSQL.1MSSQLLOGERRORLOG'.
2007-09-11 13:19:31.82 Server This instance of SQL Server last reported using a process ID of 2648 at 9/11/2007 1:10:02 PM (local) 9/11/2007 8:10:02 PM (UTC). This is an informational message only; no user action is required.
2007-09-11 13:19:31.82 Server Registry startup parameters:
2007-09-11 13:19:31.82 Server -d D:Program FilesMicrosoft SQL ServerMSSQL.1MSSQLDATAmaster.mdf
2007-09-11 13:19:31.82 Server -e D:Program FilesMicrosoft SQL ServerMSSQL.1MSSQLLOGERRORLOG
2007-09-11 13:19:31.82 Server -l D:Program FilesMicrosoft SQL ServerMSSQL.1MSSQLDATAmastlog.ldf
2007-09-11 13:19:31.84 Server SQL Server is starting at normal priority base (=7). This is an informational message only. No user action is required.
2007-09-11 13:19:31.84 Server Detected 4 CPUs. This is an informational message; no user action is required.
2007-09-11 13:19:31.96 Server Using dynamic lock allocation. Initial allocation of 2500 Lock blocks and 5000 Lock Owner blocks per node. This is an informational message only. No user action is required.
2007-09-11 13:19:31.98 Server Attempting to initialize Microsoft Distributed Transaction Coordinator (MS DTC). This is an informational message only. No user action is required.
2007-09-11 13:19:32.00 Server Attempting to recover in-doubt distributed transactions involving Microsoft Distributed Transaction Coordinator (MS DTC). This is an informational message only. No user action is required.
2007-09-11 13:19:32.00 Server Database mirroring has been enabled on this instance of SQL Server.
2007-09-11 13:19:32.00 spid5s Starting up database 'master'.
2007-09-11 13:19:32.09 spid5s SQL Trace ID 1 was started by login "sa".
2007-09-11 13:19:32.10 spid5s Starting up database 'mssqlsystemresource'.
2007-09-11 13:19:32.10 spid5s The resource database build version is 9.00.3042. This is an informational message only. No user action is required.
2007-09-11 13:19:32.26 spid5s Server name is 'SS02'. This is an informational message only. No user action is required.
2007-09-11 13:19:32.26 spid9s Starting up database 'model'.
2007-09-11 13:19:32.26 spid9s Error: 17207, Severity: 16, State: 1.
2007-09-11 13:19:32.26 spid9s FCB:pen: Operating system error 5(Access is denied.) occurred while creating or opening file 'J:SQL ServerMSSQL.1MSSQLData'. Diagnose and correct the operating system error, and retry the operation.
2007-09-11 13:19:32.26 spid9s Error: 17204, Severity: 16, State: 1.
2007-09-11 13:19:32.26 spid9s FCB:pen failed: Could not open file J:SQL ServerMSSQL.1MSSQLData for file number 1. OS error: 5(Access is denied.).
2007-09-11 13:19:32.26 spid9s Error: 5120, Severity: 16, State: 101.
2007-09-11 13:19:32.26 spid9s Unable to open the physical file "J:SQL ServerMSSQL.1MSSQLData". Operating system error 5: "5(Access is denied.)".
2007-09-11 13:19:32.26 spid9s Error: 17207, Severity: 16, State: 1.
2007-09-11 13:19:32.26 spid9s FCB:pen: Operating system error 5(Access is denied.) occurred while creating or opening file 'I:SQL ServerMSSQL.1MSSQLData'. Diagnose and correct the operating system error, and retry the operation.
2007-09-11 13:19:32.26 spid9s Error: 17204, Severity: 16, State: 1.
2007-09-11 13:19:32.26 spid9s FCB:pen failed: Could not open file I:SQL ServerMSSQL.1MSSQLData for file number 2. OS error: 5(Access is denied.).
2007-09-11 13:19:32.26 spid9s Error: 5120, Severity: 16, State: 101.
2007-09-11 13:19:32.26 spid9s Unable to open the physical file "I:SQL ServerMSSQL.1MSSQLData". Operating system error 5: "5(Access is denied.)".
2007-09-11 13:19:32.26 spid9s File activation failure. The physical file name "I:SQL ServerMSSQL.1MSSQLData" may be incorrect.
2007-09-11 13:19:32.26 spid9s Error: 945, Severity: 14, State: 2.
2007-09-11 13:19:32.26 spid9s Database 'model' cannot be opened due to inaccessible files or insufficient memory or disk space. See the SQL Server errorlog for details.
2007-09-11 13:19:32.26 spid9s Could not create tempdb. You may not have enough disk space available. Free additional disk space by deleting other files on the tempdb drive and then restart SQL Server. Check for additional errors in the event log that may indicate why the tempdb files could not be initialized.
2007-09-11 13:19:32.26 spid9s SQL Trace was stopped due to server shutdown. Trace ID = '1'. This is an informational message only; no user action is required.
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I change the table & field names for my db as follows:
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Nov 15, 2007Hi,
I am new to SQL Server 2005. Please help
what is the problem with this code..?
ALTER TABLE AM_Master
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Go
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:)
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where is something wrong here?
error:
Server: Msg 156, Level 15, State 1, Line 1
Incorrect syntax near the keyword 'IDENTITY'.
statement:
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