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Check if column exists on SQL 2005
I found this script to check if a column exist in a table and to create the col if not exisiting:
IF NOT EXISTS (SELECT TABLE_NAME,COLUMN_NAME
FROM master.dbo.INFORMATION_SCH
WHERE TABLE_NAME=N'myTable' AND COLUMN_NAME = N'myNewCol'
ALTER TABLE myTable
ADD myNewCol int NOT NULL
but it is not working on SQL 2005 Standard.
Why
IF NOT EXISTS (SELECT TABLE_NAME,COLUMN_NAME
FROM master.dbo.INFORMATION_SCH
WHERE TABLE_NAME=N'myTable' AND COLUMN_NAME = N'myNewCol'
ALTER TABLE myTable
ADD myNewCol int NOT NULL
but it is not working on SQL 2005 Standard.
Why
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thanks,
my first try was now only the select.
SELECT TABLE_NAME,COLUMN_NAME
FROM INFORMATION_SCHEMA.COLUMNS
WHERE TABLE_NAME=N'tkey_wdReplac
but I got no results? I checked the table name and expected to get a list of the table fields.
Chris
my first try was now only the select.
SELECT TABLE_NAME,COLUMN_NAME
FROM INFORMATION_SCHEMA.COLUMNS
WHERE TABLE_NAME=N'tkey_wdReplac
but I got no results? I checked the table name and expected to get a list of the table fields.
Chris
are you in the database itself (ie the context).
the information_schema views refer to the currently connected database...
does the full query:
SELECT DISTINCT TABLE_NAME
FROM INFORMATION_SCHEMA.COLUMNS
return your table(s) of the database?
the information_schema views refer to the currently connected database...
does the full query:
SELECT DISTINCT TABLE_NAME
FROM INFORMATION_SCHEMA.COLUMNS
return your table(s) of the database?
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also, it's master.INFORMATON_SCHEMA.C
also, you should NOT specify master.dbo for the information_schema views:
IF NOT EXISTS (SELECT TABLE_NAME,COLUMN_NAME
FROM INFORMATION_SCHEMA.COLUMNS
WHERE TABLE_NAME=N'myTable' AND COLUMN_NAME = N'myNewCol' )
BEGIN
ALTER TABLE myTable
ADD myNewCol int NOT NULL
END