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DROPPING,DISABLINGandENABLINGUNIQUE
CONSTRAINTinOracleSQLPLSQL
InOracleSQL/PLSQLaUNIQUECONSTRAINTissingleorgroupofcolumn(s)/field(s)thatcanuniquely
identifyeachrecordinatable.

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ImportantpointsaboutUNIQUECONSTRAINTinOracleSQL/PLSQL:

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1. InOracleSQL/PLSQLaUNIQUECONSTRAINTcanbecreatedbyusingmaximumof32columns/fields.

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2. AUNIQUECONSTRAINTcanbedropped,disabledandenabledinALTERTABLEstatement.

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SyntaxtoDROPaUNIQUECONSTRAINTinSQL/PLSQLis:
ALTERTABLEtable_name
DROPCONSTRAINTconstraint_name

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Example:

ALTERTABLEemployee
DROPCONSTRAINTemployee_pk

Theabovestatementwilldroptheuniqueconstraintemployee_pkfromtheemployeetable.

DisableaUNIQUECONSTRAINT.
Ifwedonotwishtodeletetheuniqueconstraintaswemayneedthesameinfuturebutforsometimewewantthe
uniqueconstraintnottofunction,thenwecandisabletheuniqueconstraint
SyntaxfordisablingtheuniqueconstraintinOracleSQL/PLSQLis:
ALTERTABLEtable_name
DISABLECONSTRAINTconstraint_name
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ALTERTABLEemployee
DISABLECONSTRAINTemployee_pk

HereintheaboveALTERstatementwehavedisabledtheUNIQUECONSTRAINTemployee_pkonthe
employeetable.

EnablingaUNIQUECONSTRAINT
Wecanenableauniqueconstraintthathasbeendisabledearlier,thesyntaxforenablingauniqueconstraintin
OracleSQL/PLSQLis:
ALTERTABLEtable_name
ENABLECONSTRAINTconstraint_name
Example:

ALTERTABLEemployee
ENABLECONSTRAINTemployee_pk

Hereintheabovestatementwehaveenabledtheuniqueconstraintemployee_pkinemployeetableusing
ALTERTABLEstatement.

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