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On 11/06/07 03:15, Richard Huxton wrote:
> Reg Me Please wrote:
>> Hi all.
>>
>> What'd be the syntax to create a primary key on an already build table?
> 
> Hmm - so you want to sort of alter a table and add a primary key
> constraint to an existing column?

While I understand your feelings, I must disagree.

That's because adding a secondary index does not have the same sort
of syntax:
ALTER TABLE foo ADD INDEX (some, existing, columns);

> ALTER TABLE my_table ADD PRIMARY CONSTRAINT (existing_column);
> 
> All in the manuals:
> http://www.postgresql.org/docs/8.2/static/sql-altertable.html
> 


- --
Ron Johnson, Jr.
Jefferson LA  USA

Give a man a fish, and he eats for a day.
Hit him with a fish, and he goes away for good!

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