I am trying to change the primary key of a table in my SQL database from the existing key to a composite key, which does not include the existing column. The following code is not working due to the following error messages:
DROP PRIMARY KEY:
Incorrect Syntax near PRIMARY. Expecting COLUMN, CONSTRAINT, ID, or QUOTED_ID
ADD PRIMARY KEY:
Incorrect Syntax near PRIMARY. Expecting ID
T-SQL code:
ALTER TABLE AgentIdentification
DROP PRIMARY KEY Number,
ADD PRIMARY KEY (AgentId, IdIndicator)
EDIT
I was able to accomplish this by using the following two query statements
ALTER TABLE AgentIdentification
DROP CONSTRAINT [PK_AgentId_Id]
GO
ALTER TABLE AgentIdentification
ADD CONSTRAINT pk_PersonID PRIMARY KEY (AgentId, IdIndicator)
Instead of requesting that SQL "DROP PRIMARY KEY" I needed to tell it to "DROP CONSTRAINT", also separating these two actions into two queries helped.
/* For SQL Server/Oracle/MS ACCESS */
ALTER TABLE AgentIdentification
DROP CONSTRAINT PK_Table1_Col1
/* For MySql */
ALTER TABLE AgentIdentification
DROP PRIMARY KEY
To Add primary key :
MySQL / SQL Server / Oracle / MS Access:
ALTER TABLE Table1
ADD CONSTRAINT pk_PersonID PRIMARY KEY (AgentId, IdIndicator)
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