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magmo
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 Posted - 2013-11-08 : 14:10:28
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| HiI have a table with a large amount of data, I try to make a Bigint column a primary key and also "is identity" using sql server manager, but I get a "Saving Definition Changes to tables with large amounts of data" warning and then a timeout error. How can I get around this? |
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visakh16
Very Important crosS Applying yaK Herder
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Posted - 2013-11-10 : 01:48:11
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| instead try to do it from wizard try using ALTER TABLE syntax in ssms------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------SQL Server MVPhttp://visakhm.blogspot.com/https://www.facebook.com/VmBlogs |
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magmo
Aged Yak Warrior
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Posted - 2013-11-11 : 01:40:29
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Originally posted by visakh16
instead try to do it from wizard try using ALTER TABLE syntax in ssms------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------SQL Server MVPhttp://visakhm.blogspot.com/https://www.facebook.com/VmBlogs
Yes that worked much better, thanks! |
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Saving Definition Changes to tables with large amo