I was trying to alter a table and make the varchar sizes bigger on the relevant columns. I kept getting this error saying I could not delete because of a dependency (pk) but the table is stand alone, i just created it.
So tried to just drop the table and start again with bigger varchar values in the create table statement but when I run create table it's saying:
There is already an object named 'MyTable' in the database.
But before this I ran the drop table and it said successful?
Then if I try to drop it again it fails saying no object called 'MyTable' found.
Refreshed the DB and it disappeard from object list but it still says the object exists.
What is wrong, one part says it exists the other says it doesn't exist?
Go to tasks in object explorer, go to scripts for Drop and Create and change the table columns as required. Also, make sure you delete the reference data from other tables referring this table like Visakh said.
You don't need to drop a PK in order to drop a table. Are you running these commands from Mangement Studio? If so, can you verify that you are connected to the right database and not some other DB (like master)?
I reopened the DB, opened the file to create the table and it asked me to connect again (no idea why) then I tried running it and it said object already exists. So I checked the list of DB and was in Master. Changed it to my own DB and now it worked.
the table was stand alone it had no dependencies so was no linked data in any other table.
I have redgate SQL Prompt added to give me Intellisense in SQL Server 2005. When I type for instance:
ALTER TABLE I get lists up but do not get this table I created. I get system tables and everything else plus DB names. If I select my DB name then type:
MyDB.dbo.
I would expect to get this table name to show in the intellisense but it doesn't. I am in my own DB and I have one other table created and that shows in the list. Any ideas why and what this might be a symptom of?
trying to delete a table
Posted - 02/18/2013 : 11:51:48
