HELP me on the ALTER TABLE statement, how do I add a UNIQUE Constraint to a table.

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HELP me on the ALTER TABLE statement, how do I add a UNIQUE Constraint to a table.

mw_sql_developer

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June 8, 2018 at 9:25 am

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I need the syntax for the ALTER TABLE table1 .... ADD CONSTRAINT ... [IX_Table_1] ...? HELP
USE [TSQL2012] GO
/****** Object: Table [dbo].[Table_1] Script Date: 11/22/2015 12:45:47 PM ******/ SET ANSI_NULLS ON GO
SET QUOTED_IDENTIFIER ON GO
CREATE TABLE [dbo].[Table_1]( [seq] [bigint] IDENTITY(1,1) NOT NULL, [ID] [int] NOT NULL, [name] [nvarchar](50) NULL, [cat] [nvarchar](50) NULL, CONSTRAINT [PK_Table_1] PRIMARY KEY CLUSTERED ( [ID] ASC )WITH (PAD_INDEX = OFF, STATISTICS_NORECOMPUTE = OFF, IGNORE_DUP_KEY = OFF, ALLOW_ROW_LOCKS = ON, ALLOW_PAGE_LOCKS = ON) ON [PRIMARY], CONSTRAINT [IX_Table_1] UNIQUE NONCLUSTERED ( [name] ASC, [cat] ASC )WITH (PAD_INDEX = OFF, STATISTICS_NORECOMPUTE = OFF, IGNORE_DUP_KEY = OFF, ALLOW_ROW_LOCKS = ON, ALLOW_PAGE_LOCKS = ON) ON [PRIMARY] ) ON [PRIMARY]
GO

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Luis Cazares SSC Guru Points: 183706 More actions · Answer 1

https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/sql/t-sql/statements/alter-table-transact-sql?view=sql-server-2017#syntax

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Michael L John One Orange Chip Points: 27056 More actions · Answer 2

Maybe this?
https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/sql/t-sql/statements/create-index-transact-sql?view=sql-server-2016
Or this?
https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/sql/relational-databases/tables/create-unique-constraints?view=sql-server-2016
Or this?
https://blogs.msdn.microsoft.com/kvivek/2012/03/10/download-books-online-product-documentation-for-sql-server-2012/

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mw_sql_developer SSCoach Points: 19445 More actions · Answer 3

mw_sql_developer - Friday, June 8, 2018 9:25 AM
Good Day!
I need the syntax for the ALTER TABLE table1 .... ADD CONSTRAINT ... [IX_Table_1] ...? HELP
USE [TSQL2012] GO
/****** Object: Table [dbo].[Table_1] Script Date: 11/22/2015 12:45:47 PM ******/ SET ANSI_NULLS ON GO
SET QUOTED_IDENTIFIER ON GO
CREATE TABLE [dbo].[Table_1]( [seq] [bigint] IDENTITY(1,1) NOT NULL, [ID] [int] NOT NULL, [name] [nvarchar](50) NULL, [cat] [nvarchar](50) NULL, CONSTRAINT [PK_Table_1] PRIMARY KEY CLUSTERED ( [ID] ASC )WITH (PAD_INDEX = OFF, STATISTICS_NORECOMPUTE = OFF, IGNORE_DUP_KEY = OFF, ALLOW_ROW_LOCKS = ON, ALLOW_PAGE_LOCKS = ON) ON [PRIMARY], CONSTRAINT [IX_Table_1] UNIQUE NONCLUSTERED ( [name] ASC, [cat] ASC )WITH (PAD_INDEX = OFF, STATISTICS_NORECOMPUTE = OFF, IGNORE_DUP_KEY = OFF, ALLOW_ROW_LOCKS = ON, ALLOW_PAGE_LOCKS = ON) ON [PRIMARY] ) ON [PRIMARY]
GO

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ALTER TABLE [dbo].[Table_1] ADD CONSTRAINT [IX_Table_1] UNIQUE NONCLUSTERED ( [name] , [cat] )WITH (PAD_INDEX = OFF, STATISTICS_NORECOMPUTE = OFF, IGNORE_DUP_KEY = OFF, ALLOW_ROW_LOCKS = ON, ALLOW_PAGE_LOCKS = ON) ON [PRIMARY] GO