Difference between revisions of "NOCPTRANS Column Constraint"

Revision as of 04:17, 25 October 2011

Purpose

Column constraint to prevent code page translation for character and memo fields

Syntax

NOCPTRANS

See Also

ALTER TABLE, CONSTRAINTS, CREATE TABLE

Description

A constraint is used to define rules that help to provide data integrity. Column constraints are specific to the column name specified. You must have ALTER privilege on the table. The table will be locked for EXCLUSIVE use during the operation.

The NOCPTRANS column constraint is used to prevent code page translation for character and memo fields.

Example

ALTER TABLE customer;
  ALTER COLUMN notes NOCPTRANS

Products

Recital, Recital Server