Prevent Saving Changes That Require The Table To Be Re-Created

How to fix "Prevent saving changes that require the table to be re-created" when you try to save a table in SQL Server

Cause
This warning that prevents the actions from completing is caused by the Prevent saving changes that require table re-creation option being triggered in SQL Server. This option lets SQL Server to prevent structure changes when a table needs to be recreated and is intended as a security feature. However, this also prevents planned changes from completing.

This problem occurs when the Prevent saving changes that require the table re-creation option is enabled, and you make one or more of the following changes to the table:
- You change the Allow Nulls setting for a column.
- You reorder columns in the table.
- You change the column data type.
- You add a new column.

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