Saturday, July 23, 2011

Alter Table Add Index Syntax


The SQL syntax for ALTER TABLE Add Index is
ALTER TABLE "table_name"
ADD INDEX " INDEX_NAME " (COLUMN_NAME)

Let's look at the example. Assuming our starting point is the "customer" table created in the CREATE TABLEsection:
Table customer
Column NameData Type
First_Namechar(50)
Last_Namechar(50)
Addresschar(50)
Citychar(50)
Countrychar(25)
Birth_Datedate

Assume we want to add an index on the "Country" column. To do this, we type in the following:
ALTER table customer ADD INDEX IDX_COUNTRY (Country);
Please note that using ALTER TABLE to add an index is not supported in Oracle or SQL Server.

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