Posted by Mike Epprecht \(SQL MVP\) on 12/05/55 11:34

Maybe more than one row is returned, and only one value can fit into a
variable.

This will work:

declare @oname sysname
select TOP 1 @oname=name from sysobjects where name like
"df__mytable__mycol%"

alter table mytable drop constraint @oname

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<JLavalley@Enlighten.Net> wrote in message
news:1134587099.580770.161300@g44g2000cwa.googlegroups.com...
> Can someone explain to me why the following doesn't work?
>
> declare @oname sysname
> select @oname=name from sysobjects where name like
> "df__mytable__mycol%"
>
> alter table mytable drop constraint @oname
>

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