Bonsoir fantastic Monks,

I need to create a table in MSSQL2008, then drop all its constraints if there are any, then to recreate the same table again!..Simple!

So i put this bit of code together (with help from PerlMonks)

$dbh = DBI->connect("DBI:ODBC:driver={SQL Server};Server=$server;Datab
+ase=$database;UID=$dbusername;PWD=$dbpassword") ||  die "$Error_Messa
+ge $DBI::errstr";
print ".......Connection successful\n\n";

&prep_tbl("Sites");
&prep_tbl("Data_Centers");

sub prep_tbl
{
    my ($tbl) = @_;
    print "\nPreparing Mssql2008 table: $tbl,....";
    
    my $dbh_tmp = DBI->connect("DBI:ODBC:driver={SQL Server};Server=$s
+erver;Database=$database;UID=$dbusername;PWD=$dbpassword");
    
    # Check Database for tables, IF NOT EXISTS  then just create it
    $dbh->do("IF NOT EXISTS (SELECT * FROM sysobjects WHERE id = objec
+t_id(N'[dbo].[$tbl]') AND OBJECTPROPERTY(id, N'IsUserTable') = 1) 
                CREATE TABLE [dbo].[$tbl] (@{$tables->{$tbl}})");

    my $sth = $dbh->prepare("SELECT constraint_name FROM INFORMATION_S
+CHEMA.CONSTRAINT_COLUMN_USAGE WHERE TABLE_NAME = '$tbl'");
    $sth->execute;
    my $temp =  $sth->fetchrow_arrayref;
    foreach my $rel (@$temp)
    {            
        next unless ($rel =~ /ID/);
        $dbh_tmp->do("ALTER TABLE $tbl DROP CONSTRAINT $rel");
    }
    
    #### The code below doesn't work - it doesn't recreate the table a
+gain!
    
    $dbh->do("IF EXISTS (SELECT * FROM sysobjects WHERE id = object_id
+(N'[dbo].[$tbl]') AND OBJECTPROPERTY(id, N'IsUserTable') = 1) 
                    DROP TABLE [dbo].[$tbl]; 
                    CREATE TABLE [dbo].[$tbl] (@{$tables->{$tbl}})");
    print "Done\n";
}
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But when I ran the code I got the following errors!

DBD::ODBC::db do failed: [Microsoft][ODBC SQL Server Driver]Connection
+ is busy with results for another hstmt (SQL-HY000) at U:\Do
ccuments\Scripts\Test\test.pl line 60.
Preparing Mssql2008 table: Sites,....Done

DBD::ODBC::db do failed: [Microsoft][ODBC SQL Server Driver]Connection
+ is busy with results for another hstmt (SQL-HY000) at U:\Do
ccuments\Scripts\Test\test.pl line 60.
Preparing Mssql2008 table: Data_Centers,....Done
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So I said ok, it deletes the relationships but it doesn't recreate the table again! let me add another handle here!

    my $dbh3 = DBI->connect("DBI:ODBC:driver={SQL Server};Server=$serv
+er;Database=$database;UID=$dbusername;PWD=$dbpassword");
    
    $dbh3->do("IF EXISTS (SELECT * FROM sysobjects WHERE id = object_i
+d(N'[dbo].[$tbl]') AND OBJECTPROPERTY(id, N'IsUserTable') = 1) 
                    DROP TABLE [dbo].[$tbl]; 
                    CREATE TABLE [dbo].[$tbl] (@{$tables->{$tbl}})");
[download]

Still doesn't work, I don't get any errors but the table does not get re-created!

Can someone enlighten me please why this is happening?

Merci

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