Change a Primary Key from Nonclustered to Clustered
1) Drop the existing clustered index first (IX_TableX_FieldB):
DROP INDEX TableX.IX_TableX_FieldB
2) Create a (temporary) UNIQUE constraint on the unique fields referenced in the primary key
ALTER TABLE TableX
ADD CONSTRAINT UQ_TableX UNIQUE(FieldA)
3) Drop the PRIMARY KEY
ALTER TABLE TableX
DROP CONSTRAINT PK_TableX
4) Recreate the PRIMARY KEY as CLUSTERED
ALTER TABLE TableX
ADD CONSTRAINT PK_TableX PRIMARY KEY CLUSTERED(FieldA)
5) Drop the temporary UNIQUE constraint
ALTER TABLE TableX
DROP CONSTRAINT UQ_TableX
6) Add the IX_TableX_FieldB back on as NONCLUSTERED
CREATE NONCLUSTERED INDEX IX_TableX_FieldB ON TableX(FieldB)
I know this is old but this will script out all the FK drops, the pk drop, the pk recreate, the FK recreates. Replace MYTABLE with your table name.
IF EXISTS (SELECT * FROM sys.tables WHERE object_id = OBJECT_ID(N'[dbo].[FKAgainstTableList]'))
BEGIN
DROP TABLE FKAgainstTableList
END
--CREATE TABLE FKAgainstTableList (ForeignKey VARCHAR(30),[Table] VARCHAR(30))
DECLARE @PKTableName VARCHAR(100),
@PKName varchar(100),
@FKName varchar(100),
@sql varchar(max),
@PKcolumnName varchar(30),
@table VARCHAR(100),
@FKColumnName VARCHAR(100),
@parentColumnNumber int
SET @PKTableName = 'MYTABLE'
set @PKName = (SELECT name FROM sys.indexes WHERE OBJECT_NAME(object_id) = @PKTableName AND is_primary_key = 1)
set @PKcolumnName = (SELECT name FROM sys.columns WHERE OBJECT_NAME(object_id) = @PKTableName AND is_identity =1)
PRINT @PKcolumnName
SELECT OBJECT_NAME(sys.foreign_key_columns.parent_object_id) [Table],sys.columns.name [FKColumnName],sys.foreign_keys.name [FKName]
INTO FKAgainstTableList
FROM sys.foreign_keys INNER JOIN sys.foreign_key_columns
ON sys.foreign_keys.object_id = sys.foreign_key_columns.constraint_object_id
INNER JOIN sys.columns ON sys.columns.object_id = sys.foreign_keys.parent_object_id AND sys.columns.column_id = sys.foreign_key_columns.parent_column_id
WHERE OBJECT_NAME(sys.foreign_keys.referenced_object_id) = @PKTableName
DECLARE table_cur1 CURSOR FOR
SELECT * FROM FKAgainstTableList
PRINT @sql
-------------------------------Disable constraint on FK Tables
OPEN table_cur1
FETCH NEXT FROM table_cur1 INTO @table,@FKColumnName,@FKName
WHILE @@FETCH_STATUS = 0
BEGIN
SET @sql ='ALTER TABLE '+@table+' DROP CONSTRAINT '+ @FKName
PRINT @sql
FETCH NEXT FROM table_cur1 INTO @table,@FKColumnName,@FKName
END
CLOSE table_cur1
DEALLOCATE table_cur1
--------------------------------DROP AND recreate CLUSTERED pk
IF EXISTS (SELECT 1 FROM sys.indexes WHERE object_id = OBJECT_ID(@PKTableName) AND name = @PKName)
BEGIN
SET @sql = 'ALTER TABLE '+@PKTableName+' DROP CONSTRAINT '+ @PKName
PRINT @sql
END
SET @sql = 'ALTER TABLE '+@PKTableName +' ADD CONSTRAINT '+@PKName+' PRIMARY KEY CLUSTERED ('+@PKcolumnName+' ASC)
WITH (PAD_INDEX = OFF, STATISTICS_NORECOMPUTE = OFF, SORT_IN_TEMPDB = OFF, IGNORE_DUP_KEY = OFF, ONLINE = OFF, ALLOW_ROW_LOCKS = ON, ALLOW_PAGE_LOCKS = ON, FILLFACTOR = 80) ON [PRIMARY]'
PRINT(@sql)
--------------------------------Enable FK constraints on FK tables.
DECLARE table_cur2 CURSOR FOR
SELECT * FROM FKAgainstTableList
OPEN table_cur2
FETCH NEXT FROM table_cur2 INTO @table,@FKColumnName,@FKName
WHILE @@FETCH_STATUS = 0
BEGIN
SET @sql = 'ALTER TABLE '+@table+' WITH NOCHECK ADD CONSTRAINT '+ @FKName+' FOREIGN KEY(['+@FKColumnName+'])
REFERENCES ['+@PKTableName+'] (['+@PKcolumnName+'])'
PRINT(@sql)
SET @sql = 'ALTER TABLE '+@table+' CHECK CONSTRAINT '+@FKName
PRINT(@sql)
FETCH NEXT FROM table_cur2 INTO @table,@FKColumnName,@FKName
END
CLOSE table_cur2
DEALLOCATE table_cur2
DROP TABLE FKAgainstTableList
Here's a shortcut to overwrite the original key:
CREATE UNIQUE CLUSTERED INDEX [pk_name] ON [table_name]([id])
WITH DROP_EXISTING
And as mentioned in other answers you will still need to drop/re-add foreign constraints if present.