use Patient_Data go alter table tbmaster alter column CardNumber varchar(25) GO USE [Patient_Data] GO CREATE NONCLUSTERED INDEX [byCardNumber] ON [dbo].[tbmaster] ( [CardNumber] ASC )WITH (STATISTICS_NORECOMPUTE = OFF, SORT_IN_TEMPDB = OFF, IGNORE_DUP_KEY = OFF, DROP_EXISTING = OFF, ONLINE = OFF, ALLOW_ROW_LOCKS = ON, ALLOW_PAGE_LOCKS = ON) ON [PRIMARY] GO