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Old 02-29-2008, 08:11 PM
surya
 
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Default how to add primary key in existing table

i have table fff .it has two fields one is fno int , another is fname
varchar(20)
fff
fno fname
-------- -----------
100 suresh
102 ramesh
here there is no not null constraint and identity column then
i am add primary key constraint fno column pls help me

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Old 02-29-2008, 08:11 PM
Erland Sommarskog
 
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surya (suryaitha@gmail.com) writes:
> i have table fff .it has two fields one is fno int , another is fname
> varchar(20)
> fff
> fno fname
> -------- -----------
> 100 suresh
> 102 ramesh
> here there is no not null constraint and identity column then
> i am add primary key constraint fno column pls help me


ALTER TABLE fff ADD CONSTRAINT pk_fff PRIMARY KEY (fno)

You find the syntax for ALTER TABLE in Books Online. Yes, it is quite
complex. Then again, there are quite a few examples in that topic.


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