Re: adding "is null" to an existing column with stored data

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From: Robert Schieck
Date: Tue, 17 Dec 2002 13:39

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In article <3dff2322@newsgroups.borland.com>, Jack wrote:
> Is it possible in IB 6 to add PRIMARY KEY NOT NULL constraints to an
> existing column (numeric) with data already stored in?
> 
> For your help thanx in advance
>

Interesting... 

Why not just add a unique index to the column... I use them in place of 
Primary keys all the time. They will allow one null though...

hth

Robert Schieck (TeamB)
MER Systems Inc.
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