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New table and adding primary key

When making a new table from a query how in Access do a create a primary key.

IE:

SELECT
Item.StockCode,
Item.LongDesc,
step1.Style,
step1.AltStyle,
step1.StyleType,
step1.Notes,
Item.ProdClass,
step1.LGTH

INTO step2

FROM
Item RIGHT JOIN
step1
ON LEFT(Item.StockCode,step1.LGTH) = step1.Style
Nov 13 '05 #1
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ps******@ibbgold.com (Paul Sparrow) wrote in message news:<4d**************************@posting.google. com>...
When making a new table from a query how in Access do a create a primary key.

IE:

SELECT
Item.StockCode,
Item.LongDesc,
step1.Style,
step1.AltStyle,
step1.StyleType,
step1.Notes,
Item.ProdClass,
step1.LGTH

INTO step2

FROM
Item RIGHT JOIN
step1
ON LEFT(Item.StockCode,step1.LGTH) = step1.Style

AFAIK, manually. You can't do it with a query. You can do it with
DDL, not DML SQL.
Nov 13 '05 #2

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