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Deleting a Field that is a Part of an Index with SQL command

 
Sub DeleteIdxField() 
    Dim conn As ADODB.Connection 
    Dim strTable As String 
    Dim strCol As String 
    Dim strIdx As String 

    On Error GoTo ErrorHandler 
    Set conn = CurrentProject.Connection 

    strTable = "myTable" 
    strCol = "myName" 
    strIdx = "multiIdx" 

    conn.Execute "ALTER TABLE " & strTable & " DROP CONSTRAINT " & strIdx & ";" 

    conn.Execute "ALTER TABLE " & strTable & " DROP COLUMN " & strCol & ";" 

ExitHere: 
    conn.Close 
    Set conn = Nothing 
    Exit Sub 
ErrorHandler: 
    Debug.Print Err.Number & ":" & Err.Description 
    Resume ExitHere 
End Sub








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