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Modify the index on a table to include ANOTHER column.
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Posted Thursday, June 11, 2009 12:57 AM
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I need to modify the unique index already created on a table to include another column.
How can i do that?
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Posted Thursday, June 11, 2009 1:10 AM
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As far as I know you can't use alter index statement to modify the columns that the index is referencing. You'll have to create a new index with the included column and then drop the old one.
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Drop the index, create a new one. Or create the index with the DROP_EXISTING clause
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