Delete primary index of a database table programmatically - abap

I need to delete a Primary key indexes on some database tables. Afterwards indexes will be re-created. Meanwhile some calculation will be performed.
I have following SQL Commands:
DROP INDEX "SAPSR3"."KNA1~0";
that are working correctly.
But once called within ABAP program:
EXEC SQL.
DROP INDEX SAPSR3.KNA1~0
ENDEXEC.
The message "SQL error 911 occurred when executing Native SQL" has been raised.
I've also tried with:
CALL FUNCTION 'RSDG_KEY_INDEX_DEL'
EXPORTING
i_tablnm = lv_tblname. " containing "KNA1"
This also doesn't work.
Is there any FM or similar way to perform such activity?
I also tried:
EXEC SQL.
DROP INDEX KNA1~0
ENDEXEC.

What you tried, in the SQL console (DROP INDEX "SAPSR3"."KNA1~0";), and in the ABAP program (DROP INDEX SAPSR3.KNA1~0), are not written identically as you can see!
I have just tried in ABAP below the version that you tried in the SQL console, and it dropped the index as intended!
EXEC SQL.
DROP INDEX "SAPSR3"."KNA1~0"
ENDEXEC.
So, why, in your ABAP attempt, did you remove the double quotes around the index name? (and also for the scheme name, but I guess it has less undesired effect).
In the SQL console, I'm really not sure that DROP INDEX SAPSR3.KNA1~0 works! Because there is the special "tilde" character, you need to add double quotes around the index name, the following is the minimal working syntax: DROP INDEX SAPSR3."KNA1~0".

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Getting error when trying to Rename multiple tables in SPROC in DB2

I've created a DB2 sql script that populates a static table and then does a rename to swap out the live table with the newly updated one. Its a fairly large SQL script so I'm only including the areas that Im having a an error on.
I'm getting the error: "[IBM][CLI Driver][DB2/NT64] SQL0104N An unexpected token "RENAME" was found following "D_HOLIDAY_LOG_OLD; ". Expected tokens may include: "TRUNCATE". LINE NUMBER=382. SQLSTATE=42601".
I suspect, its a syntax issue with the RENAME commands. If I need to add the whole query, I can. Thanks in advance
CREATE OR REPLACE PROCEDURE NSD_HOLIDAY_LOG_SPROC()
LANGUAGE SQL
SPECIFIC SP_NSD_HOLIDAY_LOG_SPROC
DYNAMIC RESULT SETS 1
BEGIN
COMMIT;
TRUNCATE TABLE TMWIN.NSD_HOLIDAY_LOG immediate;
DROP TABLE NSD_HOLIDAY_LOG_OLD;
RENAME TABLE TMWIN.NSD_HOLIDAY_LOG_LIVE TO NSD_HOLIDAY_LOG_OLD;
RENAME TABLE TMWIN.NSD_HOLIDAY_LOG TO NSD_HOLIDAY_LOG_LIVE;
RENAME TABLE TMWIN.NSD_HOLIDAY_LOG_OLD TO NSD_HOLIDAY_LOG;
END#
This is frequently asked.
As you are using static SQL in an SQL PL stored procedure, you must follow the documented rules for blocks of Compound SQL (Compiled) statements.
On of those rules is that static SQL has a restricted set of statements that can appear in such a block of code.
For example, with current versions of Db2-LUW, you cannot use any of the following statically (including rename table) :
ALTER , CONNECT,CREATE, DESCRIBE, DISCONNECT, DROP, FLUSH EVENT MONITOR, FREE LOCATOR, GRANT, REFRESH TABLE, RELEASE (connection only), RENAME TABLE, RENAME TABLESPACE, REVOKE, SET CONNECTION, SET INTEGRITY, SET PASSTHRU, SET SERVER OPTION ,TRANSFER OWNERSHIP
Other Db2 platforms (Z/OS, i-series) might have different restrictions but the same principle.
To achieve what you need you can use dynamic SQL instead of Static-SQL (as long as you understand the implications).
In other words, instead of writing:
RENAME TABLE TMWIN.NSD_HOLIDAY_LOG_LIVE TO NSD_HOLIDAY_LOG_OLD;
you could instead use:
execute immediate('RENAME TABLE TMWIN.NSD_HOLIDAY_LOG_LIVE TO NSD_HOLIDAY_LOG_OLD' );
or equivalent.
You can also use two statements, one to PREPARE and the other to EXECUTE , whichever suits the design. Refer to the documentation for execute immediate.
The same is true for other statements that your version of Db2 disallows in static compound-SQL (compiled) blocks (for example, DROP, or CREATE etc.).

DDL changes not showing in Oracle sql developer

I have sql Upgrade script which has many sql statements(DDL,DML). When i ran this upgrade script in SQL developer, it runs successufully.I also provide in my script at the bottom commit. I can see all the changes in the database after running this upgrade script except the unique index constraints. When i insert few duplicate records it says unique constraint violated. It means the table has unique constraints. But i dont know why i cant view this constraints in oracle sql developer. The other DDL changes made i can view.I dont know is there any settings to view it in oracle sql developer.
CREATE UNIQUE INDEX "RATOR_MONITORING"."CAPTURING_UK1" ON "RATOR_MONITORING"."CAPTURING" ("DB_TABLE");
CREATE UNIQUE INDEX "RATOR_MONITORING_CONFIGURATION"."BRAND_UK1" ON "RATOR_MONITORING_CONFIGURATION"."BRAND" ("NAME");
CREATE UNIQUE INDEX "RATOR_MONITORING_CONFIGURATION"."BRAND_BUSINESS_PROCESS_UK1" ON "RATOR_MONITORING_CONFIGURATION"."BRAND_BUSINESS_PROCESS" ("BRAND_ID", "BP_ID");
CREATE UNIQUE INDEX "RATOR_MONITORING_CONFIGURATION"."BRAND_ENGINE_UK1" ON "RATOR_MONITORING_CONFIGURATION"."BRAND_ENGINE" ("BRAND_ID", "ENGINE_ID");
As A Hocevar noted, if you create an index
create unique index test_ux on test(id);
you see it in the Indexes tab of the table properties (not in the Constraints tab).
Please note that COMMIT is not required here, it is done implicitely in each DDL statement. More usual source of problems are stale metadata in SQL Developer, i.e. missing REFRESH (ctrl R on user or table node).
If you want to define the constraint, add following statement, that will reuse the index defined previously
alter table test add constraint test_unique unique(id) using index test_ux;
See further discussion about the option in Documentation
I am assuming you are trying to look for index on a table in the correct tab in sql developer. If you are not able to see the index there, one reason could be that your user (the one with which you are logged in) doesn't have proper rights to see the Index.
If you not obtain any error, the solution is very simple and tedious. SQL Developer doesn't refresh his fetched structures. Kindly push Refresh blue icon (or use Ctrl-R) in Connections view or disconnect and connect again (or restart SQL Developer) to see your changes in structures.

Can an ALTER TABLE accept query results in Access 2010

I am getting a syntax error on the below code trying to execute an ALTER TABLE query in Access 2010. The ulimate goal was to execute this from a VB.net app. Both queries work indepently within Access.
ALTER TABLE [Test_table] DROP CONSTRAINT (SELECT [MSysRelationships].[szRelationship]FROM [MSysRelationships] WHERE MSysRelationships.[szObject]='Test_table');
I guess the issue is whether or not the ALTER statement can accept query results as the input?
I'm quite sure that Access SQL does not support the syntax you tried to use. You'll probably have to run the SELECT query first, pull the constraint names into a recordset (or similar), then loop through the rows and issue the ALTER TABLE statements one by one.

Oracle create table with column comments

Is there a column comment syntax that allows me to specify a column comment directly where I declare the column in the create table statement (i.e. inline)? The 11g spec does not mention anything, on another page something is mentioned but I could not get it to work. There is a way to specify comments after creating the table, but I think it is annoying that the comment is separated from the field definition. I am looking for something like this (which does not work):
create table whatever (
field number(15,0) primary key comment 'primary key generated from sequence pkseq',
...
)
I'm afraid the "annoying" COMMENT ON syntax is the only way of doing this. SQL Server, PostgreSQL and DB2 use the same syntax (even though, as far as I know, there is no ANSI standard syntax for adding comments to database objects).
MySQL supports the way you would like it to work. I agree it would be a nicer mechanism, but in my experience so few people use comments at all that I doubt Oracle will ever change it.
I'm afraid it can only be done after table creation, using the comment on column ... is '' syntax.
A workaround to this annoying syntax is also to view and edit the tables in Oracles SQLExplorer. It contains a wizard that allows you to edit the comments right next to the columns. It even allows easy creation of alter table scripts.
My procedure when editing tables is to enter the changes in the wizard without actually executing them, then go to its DDL tab and retrieve the SQL from there (as update, not full create script) and press cancel on the wizard. Then I put the created SQL into the SQL script I am writing. Only when I am finished with the script I execute everything; I do never make any changes with the wizard itself.
Test on sqlplus (or similar), but the syntax is as follows:
-- assuming you have privileges
COMMENT ON COLUMN SCHEMA1.TABLE1.COL1
IS 'My comment'
-- then you can double check like this
SELECT * FROM all_col_comments WHERE
(OWNER, TABLE_NAME, COLUMN_NAME)
IN (('SCHEMA1','TABLE1','COL1'));
Note that the comment will now show in SQLDeveloper (or Toad or whatever env you have) until you reopen said table's properties.
Similar syntax can be used to annotate tables, indexes and materialized views. [source: https://docs.oracle.com/cd/B19306_01/server.102/b14200/statements_4009.htm]
I understand similar syntax exists for MySQL and others, but it is not proper ANSI. It's very useful, though.

if column not exists alter table

I use the SQL script that was generated (sql 2k5), to add a column to a table.
I need to add a "check if exists" because my clients sometimes run the script twice. (i have no control over this part, and this is happening over and over again)
I found a way joining the sysobjects and syscolumns, it works.
My problem is that I have to add a column to an other table, where the column is not at the end of the table.
For this one, SQL is generating that long code ... create new temp table with the new column, filling up from old table, dropping the old table, and finally renaming the temp table.
The issue here is that the script for this one has lots of GO -s in there along with transactions ...
What can i do?
1.) remove all the GO - s? (don't like the idea)
2.) adding my IF between every GO pair? (don't like the idea)
3.) is there an other way that makes sense, and it would not be too hard to implement
I cannot think of anything really, I could check for release version, or anything, not just my sysobjects and syscolumns join, but the issue will be the same.
because of the GO-s, my If will be "forgotten" when it gets to the END of the BEGIN ...
I'm not sure I follow the entirety of your question, but you would check for the existence of a column like this:
if not exists (select * from information_schema.columns
where table_name = '[the tables name]'
and column_name = '[column name')
begin
--alter table here
end
Why worry about the ordinal position of the column? New columns get a new colid and are appended to the "end", this shouldn't cause any problems.
If you make frequent updates by shipping these kinds of scripts, I would create a version table and just query this at the beginning of the script.
How are they running the scripts (since you are using a tool which supports the GO batch separator) - SQL CMD?
I would consider putting it all in a string and using EXEC. Several DDL commands have to be the first command in a batch. Also, you can sometimes run into parsing issues:
ALTER TABLE Executing regardless of Condition Evaluational Results
Also, you may want to look at SQLCMD's control features http://www.simple-talk.com/sql/sql-tools/the-sqlcmd-workbench/