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SQL Server 2008 Designer Behavior Change: Saving Changes Not Permitted

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posted 11/7/2009 by BrianKnight

I had been working in SQL Server 2008 for a number of months while working on the upcoming 2008 books and never had experienced this issue until just today. In hindsight, I can't imagine how I didn't experience sooner. The behavior change is when you save a table in Management Studio that requires the table be dropped and recreated behind the scenes, the change will fail by default with the below warning. In SQL Server, tables are dropped, recreated and reloaded automatically for you without having to worry about what's going on behind the curtains but this may create issues for some users. This behavior is required upon a number of actions but most common is creating a new column in a specific location in the table.

Warning Message:

Saving changes is not permitted. The changes you have made require the following tables to be dropped and re-created. You have either made changes to a table that can't be re-created or enabled the option Prevent saving changes that require the table to be re-created.

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This is by design and can be quickly fixed in Management Studio by unchecking a property. To fix this in Management Studio, go to Tools -> Options then go to the Designer Page and uncheck "Prevent saving changes that require table re-creation".

 

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-- Brian Knight

tags: management studio, sql server 2008
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BrianKnight BrianKnight (Member since: 10/22/2009)
Brian Knight, SQL Server MVP, MCITP, MCSE, MCDBA, is the owner and founder of Pragmatic Works. He is also the co-founder of SQLServerCentral.com and JumpstartTV.com. He runs the local SQL Server users group in Jacksonville (JSSUG). Brian is a contributing columnist at several technical magazines and does regular webcasts at Jumpstart TV. He is the author of 10 SQL Server books. Brian has spoken at conferences like PASS, SQL Connections and TechEd and many Code Camps. His blog can be found at http://www.pragmaticworks.com.

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  • 12/31/2009 7:11:40 PM by: 
    Thanks for this!

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