Determine a table's primary key using TSQL
SqlSql ServerTsqlPrimary KeySql Problem Overview
I'd like to determine the primary key of a table using TSQL (stored procedure or system table is fine). Is there such a mechanism in SQL Server (2005 or 2008)?
Sql Solutions
Solution 1 - Sql
This should get you started:
SELECT
*
FROM
INFORMATION_SCHEMA.TABLE_CONSTRAINTS tc
JOIN
INFORMATION_SCHEMA.CONSTRAINT_COLUMN_USAGE ccu
ON tc.CONSTRAINT_NAME = ccu.Constraint_name
WHERE
tc.TABLE_NAME = 'TableName' AND
tc.CONSTRAINT_TYPE = 'Primary Key'
Solution 2 - Sql
How about
sp_pkeys 'TableName'
Solution 3 - Sql
Here's one based on system tables from SQL 2005 (99% sure it'd work in 2008). This will list all PKs for all user-defined tables, with all columns and some extra fluff that could be removed. Add parameters to pick out a table at a time.
SELECT
schema_name(ta.schema_id) SchemaName
,ta.name TableName
,ind.name
,indcol.key_ordinal Ord
,col.name ColumnName
,ind.type_desc
,ind.fill_factor
from sys.tables ta
inner join sys.indexes ind
on ind.object_id = ta.object_id
inner join sys.index_columns indcol
on indcol.object_id = ta.object_id
and indcol.index_id = ind.index_id
inner join sys.columns col
on col.object_id = ta.object_id
and col.column_id = indcol.column_id
where ind.is_primary_key = 1
order by
ta.name
,indcol.key_ordinal
Solution 4 - Sql
SELECT ccu.COLUMN_NAME, ccu.CONSTRAINT_NAME
FROM INFORMATION_SCHEMA.TABLE_CONSTRAINTS AS tc
INNER JOIN INFORMATION_SCHEMA.CONSTRAINT_COLUMN_USAGE AS ccu
ON tc.CONSTRAINT_NAME = ccu.CONSTRAINT_NAME
WHERE tc.TABLE_CATALOG = 'Your_Catalog' -- replace with your catalog
AND tc.TABLE_SCHEMA = 'dbo' -- replace with your schema
AND tc.TABLE_NAME = 'Your_Table' -- replace with your table name
AND tc.CONSTRAINT_TYPE = 'PRIMARY KEY'
Solution 5 - Sql
exec [sys].[sp_primary_keys_rowset] @table_name= 'TableName'
Solution 6 - Sql
EXEC sp_Pkeys @tableName
Solution 7 - Sql
You're better off using INFORMATION_SCHEMA.KEY_COLUMN_USAGE
, as you can access the key ordering information (ORDINAL_POSITION
) which is very important to know.
SELECT
kcu.*
FROM
INFORMATION_SCHEMA.KEY_COLUMN_USAGE kcu
INNER JOIN
INFORMATION_SCHEMA.TABLE_CONSTRAINTS tc
ON tc.TABLE_NAME = kcu.TABLE_NAME AND
tc.CONSTRAINT_NAME = kcu.CONSTRAINT_NAME
ORDER BY
tc.TABLE_NAME,
tc.CONSTRAINT_NAME,
kcu.ORDINAL_POSITION
Solution 8 - Sql
The simplest way is this!
select object_id from sys.objects
where parent_object_id = OBJECT_ID(N'FACounty')
and [type] = N'PK'
Solution 9 - Sql
Can't add a comment, not enough rep points, but this is in response to those saying sp_Pkeys
is not usable. Doesn't have to be a function as mentioned in another comment to an answer.
DECLARE @tbl TABLE
(
Table_Qualifier varchar(30),
Table_Owner varchar(30),
Table_Name varchar(50),
Column_Name varchar(30),
Key_Seq int,
PK_Name varchar(50)
)
insert into @tbl EXEC sp_Pkeys 'tablename'
select * from @tbl
Solution 10 - Sql
If you already know the name of the key you're interested in, following works:
-- Assuming you have schema "Example" and the primary key name is "PK_Item"
-- Notice that name of table is irrelevant here but is "Foobar" here
IF (OBJECT_ID('Example.PK_ITEM') IS NULL)
BEGIN
ALTER TABLE [Example].Foobar ADD CONSTRAINT
PK_Item PRIMARY KEY ...
END