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hi

i'm using mssql server 2000

i want to remove a not null column constraint from the column
answertext in table answertext.

i tried the following line
ALTER TABLE AnswerText ALTER COLUMN AnswerText DROP NOT NULL;

it didn't work and this error message apeared (sorry about the german)
Server: Nachr.-Nr. 156, Schweregrad 15, Status 1, Zeile 6
Falsche Syntax in der Nähe des NOT-Schlüsselwortes .

is there a way to drop not null column constraint or do i have to save
the data, drop the table and recreate it?

i created the table with the following ddl code
CREATE TABLE AnswerText(
....
,AnswerText VARCHAR(512) NOT NULL
....
)

tanks for your help
Jul 20 '05 #1
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create table foo (blah varchar(10) not null)

alter table foo alter column blah varchar(10)null

I found the best way to learn stuff like this is either find it in BOL
or run prfiler on myself and do it in enterprise manager and then look
at the syntax.

HTH

Ray Higdon MCSE, MCDBA, CCNA

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