I've got a problem in converting a table into a partitioned table.I have a table of the following simple structure:CREATE TABLE dbo.orders ( OrderID int identity(1,1), OrderDate datetime NOT NULL, OrderAmount money NOT NULL CONSTRAINT pk_orders PRIMARY KEY CLUSTERED (OrderDate,OrderID))/I'd like to convert it into a partitioned table by its ORDERDATE column.I've succesffully create the partition funcation and scheme.The following link:http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/ms175864.aspxsuggests using CREATE INDEX, so I did the following:CREATE clustered index pk_orders ON [dbo].[orders]([OrderDate] ASC, [OrderID]) WITH (DROP_EXISTING = ON )ON partscheme(OrderDate)
I've got the following error:Msg 1907, Level 16, State 1, Line 2Cannot recreate index 'pk_orders'. The new index definition does not match the constraint being enforced by the existing index.
How can I convert the index clustered table into a partitioned table?SQL Server 2008 on Windows 2003 ServerCheers,ozSQL
How to Convert to a Paritioned Table
Posted - 2011-09-13 : 23:01:57
