Re: add primary key

"mikhail malamud" wrote:
>I ve been trying to find an answer to this question but all in vain. Can
>someone pleease help me. How do you add a primary key constraint to an
>existing table.
>
>
>
>-----Original Message-----
>From: pgsql-novice-owner(at)postgresql(dot)org
>[mailto:pgsql-novice-owner(at)postgresql(dot)org]On Behalf Of mikhail malamud
>Sent: Saturday, March 10, 2001 10:55 PM
>To: pgsql-novice(at)postgresql(dot)org
>Subject: [NOVICE] add primary key
>
>
>ALTER TABLE Activity add
> CONSTRAINT PRIMARY KEY
> (
> ActivityId
> )
>What's wrong with this. How do I add primary key constraint.

The facility is not supported, even at 7.1

Dump your database with pg_dump, edit the dump file and reload it.

If the facility were supported, the command would be:

ALTER TABLE Activity ADD CONSTRAINT Activity PRIMARY KEY(ActivityId)

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