Editing table data in Query Analyzer

[harry]

Hi All !
I open a table in Query Analyzer by right clicking on it and
selecting 'Open' and when the data is displayed in the view pane I
would like to be able to edit it. It seems however that tables marked
as read only (as shown on the top bar e.g. SQL Query Analyzer - [Open
Table ServerName.DBName.dbo.TableName(read-only)] ) can not be edited
whereas the one that do not have that attribute infront of the name I
can edit. Is there a way I can change the read only attribute of a
table so that I can edit data directly in the view pane?
Please let me know if there is !
Thanks a heap ! :)

Harkirat

[Simon Hayes]

"harry" <i1***@tamu.edu> wrote in message
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Hi All !
I open a table in Query Analyzer by right clicking on it and
selecting 'Open' and when the data is displayed in the view pane I
would like to be able to edit it. It seems however that tables marked
as read only (as shown on the top bar e.g. SQL Query Analyzer - [Open
Table ServerName.DBName.dbo.TableName(read-only)] ) can not be edited
whereas the one that do not have that attribute infront of the name I
can edit. Is there a way I can change the read only attribute of a
table so that I can edit data directly in the view pane?
Please let me know if there is !
Thanks a heap ! :)

Harkirat

I suspect your table has no primary key (which it normally should have) or
unique index. If there's no way to identify each row in the table then you
can't edit it because there's no way to know which row you're changing. You
can still use an UPDATE statement to modify the table data of course.

Simon

[harry]

Yesssssssssss !!! That was it !! Sure wouldn't have guessed that
one...:p
Thanks a heap Simon ! :-)

Harkirat
Simon Hayes wrote:

"harry" <i1***@tamu.edu> wrote in message
news:11*********************@f14g2000cwb.googlegro ups.com...

Hi All !
I open a table in Query Analyzer by right clicking on it and
selecting 'Open' and when the data is displayed in the view pane I
would like to be able to edit it. It seems however that tables marked as read only (as shown on the top bar e.g. SQL Query Analyzer - [Open Table ServerName.DBName.dbo.TableName(read-only)] ) can not be edited whereas the one that do not have that attribute infront of the name I can edit. Is there a way I can change the read only attribute of a
table so that I can edit data directly in the view pane?
Please let me know if there is !
Thanks a heap ! :)

Harkirat

I suspect your table has no primary key (which it normally should

have) or unique index. If there's no way to identify each row in the table then you can't edit it because there's no way to know which row you're changing. You can still use an UPDATE statement to modify the table data of course.

Simon