Tomasz Tyrakowski wrote: > > That's the procedure I've been using in the past in such cases: [...]
Thank you very much; I'll save this useful "instruction manual" for later :-) > 1. drop the current primary key (alter table MyTable drop constraint > OldPrimaryKeyName) That's what I wanted to do, but I didn't remember "drop constraint". I just tried "drop index", but it wouldn't let me do this because of "cannot drop index because index is primary key" (or something similar). So I thought it might be not possible at all. > 4. fill the new column using the generator: > update MyTable set NewKey=(select gen_id(MyGen,1) from RDB$DATABASE) Brilliant :-) (I already wondered how to fill up an "incrementing" column automagically.) Thanks again, -Matt ------------------------------------ ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ Visit http://www.firebirdsql.org and click the Resources item on the main (top) menu. Try Knowledgebase and FAQ links ! Also search the knowledgebases at http://www.ibphoenix.com ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ Yahoo! Groups Links <*> To visit your group on the web, go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/firebird-support/ <*> Your email settings: Individual Email | Traditional <*> To change settings online go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/firebird-support/join (Yahoo! ID required) <*> To change settings via email: [email protected] [email protected] <*> To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to: [email protected] <*> Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to: http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/
