How can I add ALTER COLUMN to NOT NULL when a column is indexed

Question

I work in SQL Server 2008 R2, and I wrote a stored procedure that adds restrictions on multiple columns to multiple tables in my database. However, I find that the stored procedure fails because it cannot set a particular column as a primary key due to the index in the column. This applies to many columns in different tables.

Is there an ALTER COLUMN way to make it NULL and set it as the PRIMARY KEY without deleting the index? Otherwise, is there a good way to disable or discard the index, then enable or recreate it after the ALTER COLUMN statements?

Answer 1

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DECLARE @indexName nvarchar(254),
    @tableName nvarchar(254),
    @indexType nvarchar(254),
    @columnName nvarchar(254),
    @isPadded integer,
    @ignore_dup_key integer,
    @allow_row_locks integer,
    @allow_page_locks integer,
    @fillFactor integer

SELECT
    @indexName = i.name, 
    @tableName = o.name,
    @indexType = i.type_desc,
    @columnName = co.[name],
    @isPadded = i.is_padded,
    @ignore_dup_key = i.[ignore_dup_key],
    @allow_row_locks = i.[allow_row_locks],
    @allow_page_locks = i.[allow_page_locks],
    @fillFactor = i.fill_factor
FROM sys.indexes AS i
    INNER JOIN sys.objects AS o ON i.object_id = o.object_id
    INNER JOIN sys.index_columns ic on ic.object_id = i.object_id AND ic.index_id = i.index_id
    INNER JOIN sys.columns co on co.object_id = i.object_id AND co.column_id = ic.column_id
WHERE
    i.[type] = 2 AND
    o.[type] = 'U'

DECLARE @sql varchar(max)

SET @sql = 'DROP INDEX [' + @indexName + '] ON [' + @tableName + ']'

EXEC (@sql)

PRINT 'Dropped Index'

-- Do work here

DECLARE @pad_index nvarchar(3),
    @ignore_dup nvarchar(3),
    @row_locks nvarchar(3),
    @page_locks nvarchar(3)

IF @isPadded = 0 SET @pad_index = 'OFF'
ELSE SET @pad_index = 'ON'

IF @ignore_dup_key = 0 SET @ignore_dup = 'OFF'
ELSE SET @ignore_dup = 'ON'

IF @allow_row_locks = 0 SET @row_locks = 'OFF'
ELSE SET @row_locks = 'ON'

IF @allow_page_locks = 0 SET @page_locks = 'OFF'
ELSE SET @page_locks = 'ON'

SET @sql = 'CREATE ' + @indexType + ' INDEX [' + @indexName + '] ON [' + @tableName + ']' + 
    '(' + 
    '[' + @columnName + '] ASC' + 
    ') WITH (' + 
    'PAD_INDEX = ' + @pad_index + ',' + 
    'STATISTICS_NORECOMPUTE = OFF,' + 
    'SORT_IN_TEMPDB = OFF,' + 
    'IGNORE_DUP_KEY = ' + @ignore_dup + ',' + 
    'DROP_EXISTING = OFF,' + 
    'ONLINE = OFF,' + 
    'ALLOW_ROW_LOCKS = ' + @row_locks + ',' + 
    'ALLOW_PAGE_LOCKS = ' + @page_locks + ',' + 
    'FILLFACTOR = ' + CONVERT(nvarchar(100),@fillFactor) + ')' + 
    'ON [PRIMARY]'

PRINT @sql

EXEC (@sql)

PRINT 'Created Index'

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