SQL 2008 Enable Changes To Tables

by Jon Hibbins on 8 October 2008
Filed under: Database, MSSQL2008, SQL Server, TSQL

If you get the error in the SQL 2008 Management Studio :

“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.”

You can enable changes inside the Microsoft SQL Server Management Studio by going to ‘Tools|Options|Designers’ then unchecking the ‘Prevent saving changes that require table re-creation’ option

15 Responses to “SQL 2008 Enable Changes To Tables”

  1. Oscar Says:

    Hey Thanks for the tip! It worked just fine! =)

  2. Arun Says:

    Thanks for the suggestion!!!

  3. Mehran Says:

    Heeeeeey, Thanks …. :>

    you made me really happy, I searched at least for 5 hours for your solution, and didnt find any working solution ! ….

    again, thanks …

  4. helmi Says:

    Fuuhhh!! thank you, thank you.

  5. Paul Kukiel Says:

    Thanks for this tip. A quick google search to the best answer! I wasn’t looking forward to dropping all my tables.

  6. Josef Says:

    Thanks mate, first site Mr.Google found, very quick solution :)

  7. Chuck Conway Says:

    Thanks!!!

  8. Gareth Says:

    Thanks!

  9. Jason Says:

    Thanks, quick and to the point :-)

  10. Prop2Go Says:

    Thanks, quick and to the point :-)

  11. Suresh Says:

    Quick tip, thanks

  12. Mayank Says:

    Thanx buddy… Its working

  13. james Says:

    God bless microsoft. Introduce a new option that no-one wants and then not bother to tell you how to disable it.

  14. Anis Says:

    Just wanted to thank you for your post

  15. nattapon Says:

    thank you very much for this post it very useful for me

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