By: Armando Prato
Overview
At some point, all databases eventually need to be updated where new objects are added/dropped or database code requires modification.
Explanation
Our table has a primary key but it's missing a UNIQUE constraint. Let's go to the Schema View and add a UNIQUE constraint by ClubName and City to our FootBallClub table:
The familiar Add New Item screen appears and we name our constraint:
Once we click Add, we can modify the produced template as follows:
We re-build and re-deploy the database project:
The output window shows that our constraint was added successfully and that we didn't suffer and seed data primary key violations because our post deployment script was made re-runnable:
Examining SQL Server Management Studio again, we verify our UNIQUE constraint has been added to the database:
Last Update: 9/10/2011
