Question

I would like to migrate a table that uses a composite primary key to a unique primary key.

My table is as follow:

  CREATE TABLE REGM 
  ( 
    LNG_CD VARCHAR2(2 BYTE) NOT NULL ENABLE, 
    REG_NRI NUMBER(10,0) NOT NULL ENABLE, 
    ...      
     CONSTRAINT PK_REGM PRIMARY KEY (LNG_CD, REG_NRI) ENABLE, 
  ); 

The table REGM uses LNG_CD and REG_NRI as a composite primary key. I would like to uses a primary key name REGM_PK instead, but still uses LNG_CD and REG_NRI as foreign key.

So far, this is my approach:

1 – Drop the contraint

ALTER TABLE REGM DROP CONSTRAINT PK_REGM;

2 – Add the primary key column

ALTER TABLE REGM ADD REGM_PK NUMBER(19,0);

3 – Create the sequence

CREATE SEQUENCE REGM_SEQ  MINVALUE 1 MAXVALUE 999999999999999999999999999 INCREMENT BY 1 START WITH 2 CACHE 20 NOORDER  NOCYCLE ;

4 – Fill the column with the sequence

5 – Make the REGM_PK column not null

6 – Create the primary key constraint

So far, I’m blocked at step #4

I know that I could also do a create/copy date/delete table. But I would prefer to do it in a SQL way.

Answer 1

Step 4:

UPDATE  regm
SET     regm_pk = REGM_SEQ.nextval