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Asked: May 13, 20262026-05-13T07:55:53+00:00 2026-05-13T07:55:53+00:00

Is it possible to have a varchar column as a primary key with values

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Is it possible to have a varchar column as a primary key with values like ‘a ‘ and ‘a’, is gives always this error “Violation of PRIMARY KEY constraint” in MS SQL Server 2008.
In Oracle dons’t give any error.
BTW I’m not implementing this way I’m only trying to migrate the data from oracle to sql server.

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    2026-05-13T07:55:53+00:00Added an answer on May 13, 2026 at 7:55 am

    You can use a text or ntext column, which one depends on the kind of data you are importing and its length – this will preserve spaces. char will pad spaces, so may not be suitable.

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