Alter Stored Procedure and Trigger

Hi All,
I need to modify some Stored Procedures and Triggers in production database
(SQL 2000). Can I use Edit object which means execute "Alter procedure..."
or "Alter Trigger..." directly? or I have to drop the existing SP or TR and
recreate them? Any difference between these 2 methods?
Thank you, JuliaThe net effect will be the same, the only difference will the the create
date will change for the drop/add whereas it will not change for the alter.
So dropping the sp/tr and recreating it will set the new create date for
tracking purposes, if you want to know when it was last changed. But about
the only difference.
"Julia" <Julia@.discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
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> Hi All,
> I need to modify some Stored Procedures and Triggers in production
database
> (SQL 2000). Can I use Edit object which means execute "Alter
procedure..."
> or "Alter Trigger..." directly? or I have to drop the existing SP or TR
and
> recreate them? Any difference between these 2 methods?
> Thank you, Julia
>|||Sorry, forgot, along with the drop/add, object ownership could change,
depending on who you are logged in as when you recreate the sp.
"Julia" <Julia@.discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
news:F2D56079-CC8F-4F4A-A7ED-5417AF745EB7@.microsoft.com...
> Hi All,
> I need to modify some Stored Procedures and Triggers in production
database
> (SQL 2000). Can I use Edit object which means execute "Alter
procedure..."
> or "Alter Trigger..." directly? or I have to drop the existing SP or TR
and
> recreate them? Any difference between these 2 methods?
> Thank you, Julia
>|||Julia wrote:
> Hi All,
> I need to modify some Stored Procedures and Triggers in production
> database (SQL 2000). Can I use Edit object which means execute
> "Alter procedure..." or "Alter Trigger..." directly? or I have to
> drop the existing SP or TR and recreate them? Any difference between
> these 2 methods?
> Thank you, Julia
Object IDs change on a drop/create. Use alter whenever possible.
David Gugick
Imceda Software
www.imceda.com