How can I change primary key on SQL Azure

Question

I am going to change the primary key on SQL Azure. But it throws an error when using Microsoft SQL Server Management Studio to generate the scripts. Because every tables on SQL

Answer 1

I ran into this exact problem and contacted the Azure team on the forums. Basically it isn't possible. You'll need to create a new table and transfer the data to it.

What I did was create a transaction and within it do the following:

• Renamed the old table to OLD_MyTable.

• Create the new table with the correct Primary Key and call it MyTable.

• Select the contents from OLD_MyTable into MyTable.

• Drop OLD_MyTable.

You may also need to call sp_rename on any constraints so they don't conflict.

See also: http://social.msdn.microsoft.com/Forums/en/ssdsgetstarted/thread/5cc4b302-fa42-4c62-956a-bbf79dbbd040