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Asked: 2026-05-19T02:29:59+00:00

Before posting this question, I have tried so many things but that was not

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Before posting this question, I have tried so many things but that was not helpful for me.
I want to rename the column of table at sql server 2005, following query I have run at sql server2005:

1) ALTER TABLE Details RENAME COLUMN
AccountID TO UID; but it gives me the
error: Incorrect syntax near the
keyword ‘COLUMN’.

2)I have added one new column in the
table by query: ALTER TABLE Details
ADD BID uniqueidentifier; and then I
want to set the coulmn property to not
null .

How can i do that?

Thanks in advance
AS

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  1. Editorial Team

    Use sp_Rename 'TableName.Column', 'NewColumnName', 'COLUMN'.

    In order to do your second part of the question, you’ll need to do:

    ALTER TABLE myTable 
        ADD myColumn UNIQUEIDENTIFIER NOT NULL DEFAULT 'some default value'

    If you don’t want to specify a default value, you’ll have to first create the column with NULL. Once the column is created, you can then populate with your desired values and then re-alter the column to NOT NULL.

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