Setting the Primary Key

Set the primary key to prohibit two or more rows in the table from having identical values for a column or set of columns. You can set the primary key on base tables and global temporary tables only.

Prerequisites

Database Version	Table Privileges
SAP Sybase IQ 15.3 and 15.4	Requires one of: DBA authority. ALTER and REFERENCE permission on the table. You own the table.
SAP Sybase IQ 16.0	To create a new or modify an existing primary key - Requires one of: ALTER ANY TABLE system privilege. ALTER ANY OBJECT system privilege. CREATE permission on the dbspace where the table resides. ALTER and REFERENCE permission on the table. You own the table. To modify the name only of an existing primary key, requires ALTER ANY INDEX system privilege.

Database Version

Table Privileges

SAP Sybase IQ 15.3 and 15.4

Requires one of:

DBA authority.
ALTER and REFERENCE permission on the table.
You own the table.

SAP Sybase IQ 16.0

To create a new or modify an existing primary key - Requires one of:

ALTER ANY TABLE system privilege.
ALTER ANY OBJECT system privilege.
CREATE permission on the dbspace where the table resides.
ALTER and REFERENCE permission on the table.
You own the table.

To modify the name only of an existing primary key, requires ALTER ANY INDEX system privilege.

The SAP Sybase IQ resource is authenticated and running.
In a multiplex configuration, the coordinator node is running.

Task

In the Perspective Resources view, select the resource and select Resource > Administration Console.
In the Administration Console, expand IQ Servers > Schema Objects > Tables.
Select Tables or Global Temporary Tables.
Select a table from the right pane and either:
- Click the arrow to the right of the name and select Set Primary Key, or
- From the Administration Console menu bar, select Resource > Set Primary Key.
The Set Primary Key wizard appears.
On the Constraint Name page of the wizard, specify the primary key name and click Next.
If the table does not already have a primary key, the primary key name is optional.

On the Columns page, specify:

Option	Description
Add Asc. >>	Moves columns from the Available Columns pane to the Selected Columns pane, in ascending order.
Add Desc. >>	(IQ catalog store (system store) tables only.) Moves columns from the Available Columns pane to the Selected Columns pane, in descending order.
<< Remove	Moves columns from the Selected Columns pane to the Available Columns pane.

Select columns that do not allow NULL values.

Click Next.
(System store (IQ catalog store) tables only) On the clustered index page, specify:

Option Description

Create a clustered primary key Select if you want to make the primary key's underlying index a clustered index. Clustered indexes can improve performance.
Click Next.
On the Comment page, add an optional, descriptive comment. Comments help you organize your database.
Click Finish to close the Set Primary Key wizard.