sql server 2005 using the alter command

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I am doing a past exam paper and i don't have the answer, can anyone tell me if this is correct.
The Question is : Make the AU_ID and the ISBN the Primary Key of the BOOK_AUTHOR table

My answer : ALTER TABLE BOOK_AUTHOR
ADD CONSTRAINT PK_BOOK_AUTHOR Primary Key CLUSTERED (AU_ID),(ISBN)

Posted 20-Nov-12 6:34am

yu2ish

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Tim Corey 20-Nov-12 13:09pm

Have you tried it out on a database? That would tell you for sure and it would be more instructive than a simple yes/no from us.

yu2ish 20-Nov-12 13:16pm

Oh sorry i forgot to mention, my sql server has stopped responding --'
instead of wasting more time on trying to repair it or i thought of using that time in trying to work out the questions.

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Vamshi Krishna Naidu · Accepted Answer · 2012-11-20T16:05:00

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Here is the correct query that works.

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ALTER TABLE BOOK_AUTHOR ADD CONSTRAINT PK_BOOK_AUTHOR Primary Key CLUSTERED (AU_ID,ISBN)

Posted 20-Nov-12 16:05pm

Vamshi Krishna Naidu

Updated 20-Nov-12 16:06pm

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