How to update primary key

Question

Here is my problem - I have 2 tables:

1. WORKER, with columns |ID|OTHER_STAF| , where ID is primary key
2. FIRM, with columns |FPK|ID|SOME

Answer 1

You shouldn't really do this but insert in a new record instead and update it that way.
But, if you really need to, you can do the following:

• Disable enforcing FK constraints temporarily (e.g. ALTER TABLE foo WITH NOCHECK CONSTRAINT ALL)
• Then update your PK
• Then update your FKs to match the PK change
• Finally enable back enforcing FK constraints