Thank you gentlemen.

Tom


---------- Original Message ----------------------------------
From: Lawrence Lustig <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Date:  Sat, 11 Sep 2004 17:56:04 -0700 (PDT)

>> I am wondering if  I can delete all of the
>> keys/indexs on a database by 
>> typing
>> 
>> DELETE* FROM sys_constraints
>
>No.  Must of the system tables (those having to do
>with database structure) are not real tables at all --
>they are simply table-like views that allow you to
>read data about the database.  The SQL standard
>specifies that database metadata should be accessible
>through the same mechanism as the data itself is.
>
>You cannot write to those tables.
>--
>Larry
>
>

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