title: SQL Server parallels to Oracle Alter Table Set Column Unused?
body: <p>Is there a parallel in Microsoft SQL Server (2005, preferably) for the Oracle functionality of setting a column to be unused? For example:</p>
  
  <pre><code>ALTER TABLE Person SET UNUSED Nickname;
  </code></pre>
  
  <p>Nothing turns up in searches, so my thought is this feature must be Oracle specific.</p>