CHECK Constraint To Prevent A Conditional Duplicate
Jul 23, 2005
Hi,
I need to enforce that a table does not have "duplicates" for a
specific status type in the table.
If the column "STATUS" = 2, then there can not be more than one row
with a specific "ID" column.
I can not use a unique key constraint because duplicate values for this
combo of columns is valid for the status = 1.
Just when the status = 2, there can not be any other rows with the same
ID and status = 2.
Any ideas?
-Paul
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Oct 6, 2015
I am trying to create a check constraint that prevents entry of a date range that overlaps any other date range in the table. The below example script results in the error message: The INSERT statement conflicted with the CHECK constraint "ck_dt_overlap". what I am doing wrong?
CREATE TABLE t1 (d1 date,d2 date)
go
create function dbo.dt_overlap (@d1 date, @d2 date) RETURNS BIT
AS
BEGIN
IF EXISTS (SELECT 1 from t1 where d1 between @d1 and @d2 or d2 between @d1 and @d2)
RETURN 1
RETURN 0
END
go
alter table t1 add constraint ck_dt_overlap CHECK (dbo.dt_overlap(d1,d2)=0)
go
insert into t1 values ('2015-01-01','2015-02-01')
insert into t1 values ('2015-01-15','2015-02-15')
--BOTH inserts result in the following message: The INSERT statement conflicted with the CHECK constraint "ck_dt_overlap".
drop table t1
drop function dbo.dt_overlap
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Jul 23, 2005
I am trying to either write a trigger or a check constraint to preventduplicates in my table. There are two columns I need to look at for theduplicates and only one combo value for both columns is allowed in thetable. For e.g.Column Serial can have only one '123456' value with testresult value as'PASS'. This serial can be in the table many times with any other comboso for e.g.The table could contain 100 entries for serial column value '123456'with testresult value 'FAIL', 'PENDING' etc.** TESTED SCHEMA BELOW **-- create tableCREATE TABLE bstresult(ID int IDENTITY (1, 1) NOT NULL ,serial char (10) NULL ,testresult char (10) NULL)-- Insert valid valuesinsert into bstresult values ('123456','PASS')insert into bstresult values ('123456','FAIL')insert into bstresult values ('123456','FAIL')insert into bstresult values ('123456','PENDING')-- insert invalid value this should failinsert into bstresult values ('123456','PASS')If I simply create a unique constraint on both columns it will notallow the FAIL combo or PENDING combo with the same serial which I needto allow.Appreciate your help.
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Oct 18, 2007
How can I prevent duplicate inserts or entries to a table?
Thank you.
Note: I am using SQL Server and coding ASP.net pages in VB.
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Jun 10, 2004
I have a web form that I use to insert data into a sql database. I want to know how to prevent inserting duplicate records into the database. Thanks.
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Dec 31, 2006
I have a table storing only 2 FKs, let's say PID, MID
Is there any way that I can check distinct data before row is added to this table?
For example, current data is
PID MID------------100 2001100 2005101 3002102 1009102 7523102 2449
If my query is about to insert PID 100, MID 2001, since it's existing data, i don't want to add it. Can I use trigger to solve this issue?
Thanks.
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Nov 11, 2003
I have an ASP.Net Web appplication with a Back-End SQL DB. There are 3 Tables; Users, Groups, and GroupMember.
The GroupMember table is used to link Users to Groups and consists of just two fields; userID and GroupID.
Here is a sample of some data:
User1 Group1
User1 Group2
User2 Group2
User3 Group1
User3 Group3
Users can belong to multiple Groups. However, you shouldn't be able to have the same user and group comobination more than once. for example:
User1 Group1
User2 Group2
User1 Group1
I can stop this kind of duplicate data entry by doing a lookup first (using asp.net) to see if the entry already exists but this seems cumbersome.
Is there a simpler way to prevent duplicate entries in a table using sql?
Thanks a lot,
Chris
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Nov 18, 2015
How can I prevent duplicate records in the query
With
Property AS
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SELECT
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Document AS
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Jan 22, 2008
Hi,
First post here. Anyway, I have a question regarding SSIS. I'm currently given a task that requires reading a flat file, applying duplicate removal as well as invalid data removal, processing it, and finally writing it to a SQL Server 2005 DB.
Part of the processing requires checking for partial duplicates in the batches of records provided in the text file. For example, the record contains a a phone number, status, timestamp of creation and various other entries. If a phone number is repeated (meaning, duplicate entry), a column called 'Status' must be checked, and only entries with the status of 'C' is allowed through.
Another part of the processing requires that if the phone number is repeated along with various other entries including status, the timestamp of creation is checked and only the entry with the most recent timestamp is accepted.
I would like to know how to implement this in SSIS without using table objects and scripts, as my experience tells me that doing this in a script can really take a hit on system performance. The task is expected to handle tens of thousands of records in a day.
Any help will be appriciated.
Thanks.
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Mar 28, 2007
Hi I was wodering how to add an OR statment right in the Check Constraint expression.
This is what I am starting with in the database
([zip] like '[0-9][0-9][0-9][0-9][0-9]')
and what I want well not exact but this would answer my question
([zip] like '[0-9][0-9][0-9][0-9][0-9] || [A-Z][A-Z][A-Z][A-Z][A-Z]')
Thanks for any help
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Oct 31, 2000
hi, I want to implement a constraint on a talbe for two fields
phone numbers should b (###)###-####
and ss# should be ###-##-####
How can I create such constraint. I tried, but got an error message and could not save the table with the new changes.
Thanks
Ahmed
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Mar 4, 2004
In SQL Server 2000, I want to apply a check constraint on a column type varchar that it is not duplicated. Could someone help me out with this?
Also, should I just make this column the primary key instead of an identity field being the primary key?
What is the performance difference by applying the constraint rather then just making it the primary key?
Mike B
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Mar 22, 2004
I have an existing table with field ZIPCODE defined as VARCHAR(5).
I want to add a check constraint to allow only number from 0 to 9.
This is what I did but it gave me error:
alter table test
with check
add constraint ck_test
check (zip between '0' and '9')
error:
ALTER TABLE statement conflicted with COLUMN CHECK constraint 'ck_test'.
The conflict occurred in database 'lahdProperty', table 'test', column 'Zip'.
What did I do wrong. Thanks for your help.
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Mar 25, 2008
Hi,
I am creating a table in which i want a column to contain only these characters..ie
alphabets from a-z
alphabets from A-Z
numbers from 0-9
and allow characters
@
_ underscore..
.
- hyphen
ie suppose i have table called login..and i have 2 columns in this table named
Loginid LoginName...
So LoginName shuld accept only the above characters.while inserting data into this table..
Kindly help
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Nov 14, 2007
Hi, i want to put a check constraint on one of my tables to make sure that a member doesn't get loaded into the same usergroup twice. Could anyone please help me with this.
Here is some sample code:
Code Block
DECLARE @MyTable TABLE (ID INT IDENTITY(1,1), MemberID INT, ClientID INT, UsergroupID INT)
INSERT INTO @MyTable VALUES (123456, 211, 3054) -- Member gets loaded twice
INSERT INTO @MyTable VALUES (123456, 211, 3054)
INSERT INTO @MyTable VALUES (123456, 211, 3055) -- Same Member as the top but into ---- a different usergroup which is correct
INSERT INTO @MyTable VALUES (215489, 376, 2017)
INSERT INTO @MyTable VALUES (987512, 345, 2237)
INSERT INTO @MyTable VALUES (235479, 333, 1158)
INSERT INTO @MyTable VALUES (354985, 333, 1158)
SELECT * FROM @MyTable
The problem i have is that if a member is loaded into the same usergroup twice then the sites crash on the web applications and the member can't get into his profile page.Unfortunately i don't know which one of the 1000 stored procedures are used to access this table so that i could just change the query to SELECT TOP 1.
However i think that it will be better practive to just put a check contraint on the table and avoide the whole problem.
However 1 member can belong to multiple usergroups.
Any help will be greatly appreciated.
Kind Regards
Carel Greaves
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Apr 29, 2008
Hi,
If I diseable a Foreign Key like this:
Alter table table_name nocheck constraint constraint_name
I'm able to insert inconsitent data, then when I restart the contraint like this:
Alter table table_name check constraint constraint_name
the constraint dont check the current integrity of the data,
exist any way, without having to recreate the foreign key, to check the data integrity?
Thanks
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May 15, 2007
In our database we have an indexed field that is using unique values, so in the index we turned on the unique property. Now with some changes we made in the application this value can be Null (could not be Null in the past). When we have more as 1 value having value Null we get an exception of unique key violation.
Therefor we want to make an check constraint the checks if the value allready exists when the value is not Null.
Is this possible and how can it be done?
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Feb 25, 2007
Hi,
I am trying to enforce a rule that only one record in a table can have status 'Active'. I'd like to do this with CHECK constraint rather than trigger. I know SQL server doesn't support subqueries such as :
alter table add constraint chk_OnlyOneActive CHECK (1=(select count(*) from mytable where status='Active'))
Is there any workaround for this?
P.S. I tried using UDF like this:
alter table add constraint chk_OnlyOneActive CHECK (dbo.NumActiveRecords()=1)
and it works for insert - I am not able to insert a second "Active" record, but for some reason doesn't work for update - I am able to update existing record to status "Active" and end up with two or more Active records in the table.
Thank you.
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Jul 26, 2004
Hi,
I need list out the defaulat and constraint value in SQL2K. Where I get those values.
Thanks,
Ravi
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Sep 15, 2004
I am creating a check constraint on a field (GRID_NBR) for values between 1 & 99. I am a little confused on creating the expression for it (Books online is vague).
Can I use the following expression: GRID_NBR BETWEEN 1 AND 99
Or do I have to use: GRID_NBR > 0 AND GRID_NBR < 100
Thanks!
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Feb 17, 2004
Before adding a record this must check that in the column machine_id not twice the same machines are listed
Can someone help me?
Thanx and cheerz Wim
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May 15, 2008
Hi
I have a table with 3 columns in it. The ID column has a datetime data type.
Does anyone know how to apply a check constraint on this field so that the same month cannot be entered twice.
For example the field has the following data in the field
26/04/2008
27/05/2008
26/06/2008
25/07/2008
A user then tries to enter the value 20/05/2008, I would like the check constraint to block this value being entered due to the fact that a item with the same month value has already been entered.
Is this possible?
Thanking you in Advance!!!
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May 19, 2008
Hi
I have created a table which contains date periods. It has 3 fields all with DateTime data types. These fields being ID, BeginDate, and EndDate. The ID field will hold a date indicating what month the reord is for, ie 01/03/2007 being March or 05/04/2007 being April. The BeginDate will contain the beginnig date for the financial month and EndDate for the financial month.
I am trying to apply a check constraint on the ID field so that combaination of a month and year can only be entered once, ie. if 01/03/2007 already exists in the table then 03/03/2007 cannot.
Is this possible?
Thanking you in advance!
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Jun 19, 2008
I have a table called tblImages with the following columns:
ImageID [int]
UserID [int]
MainImg [bit]
what i need to ensure is that only one MainImage can be = 1 (true) for each userId at any one time.
any idea what i need to do?
alex
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Mar 23, 2014
I need to create a check constraint for an email column/field, where the field must contain an "@" symbol. Does sql (oracle or SQL in general) let you do this.
1. Tried myself:
ALTER TABLE Q_Customer
ADD CONSTRAINT Q_chk_Cus_email CHECK (Cus_email LIKE '%@%');
...but
ORA-02293: cannot validate (C3267304.Q_CHK_CUS_EMAIL) - check constraint violated
2. Tried from a forum: alter table Q_CUSTOMER
add constraint Q_Chk_cus_email check (Cus_email like '%_@__%.__%')
...but
ORA-02293: cannot validate (C3267304.Q_CHK_CUS_EMAIL) - check constraint violated
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Aug 7, 2014
I want to incorporate a Check constraint within a trigger, based on this but im struggling with the coding.Assuming that is an Alphanumeric field you should be checking what value is in the alphanumeric column from inserted, comparing it with whatever is in the AMGR_User_Fields_Tbl to see if there’s a duplicate and then raising the error...This is my Trigger:
ALTER TRIGGER [dbo].[DUPLICATES]
ON [dbo].[AMGR_User_Fields_Tbl]
FOR INSERT, UPDATE
AS
DECLARE @Alphanumericcol VARCHAR (750)
-- This trigger has been created to check that duplicate rows are not inserted into table.
-- Check if row exists
SELECT @Alphanumericcol
FROM Inserted i, AMGR_User_Fields_Tbl t
[code]....
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Jun 4, 2006
I am having some difficulties to find the documentation relative to the syntax of CHECK and CONTRAINT in MS SQL Server 2005. Can someone points me toward a reference guide?
Thanks in advance,
Joannès
http://www.peoplewords.com
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Apr 11, 2007
Hi , I have a table that holds CityName and TownName.This table is usually updated and I dont want the same CityName and TownName to be inserted Again.
I have used Primary Key that holds thoose two fields but Primary Key is an index and I know that using check constraint works by spending less performance then indexes .
So , How can I use a check Constraint for two fields ?
Thanks ...
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Jun 30, 2007
Hi there,
My problem should be fairly simple. Say i have a small table with 2 columns, employee_id and department_id. I want to create a check constraint so that no more than 4 employee_id can be associated with department_id and the user is warned if he/she is trying to do so. Can anyone advise me on how to do it?
Regards,
Kam
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Jul 23, 2005
Hi,I am new to database development and am writing a database as part of auniversity courseI have created a table as below called CableWire - the table is created ok.CREATE TABLE CableWire(CableWireID CHAR(7),BSstandard CHAR(16),Colour VARCHAR(16),Material VARCHAR(16),MetresInStock INTEGER,PRIMARY KEY (CableWireID));However when I try to alter the table by adding a CHECK constraint:ALTER TABLE CableWireADD CHECK (MetresInStock >= 0);I get a pop-up box: "Line: 21SQLSTATE = 37000[Microsoft][ODBC dBase Driver] Syntax error in field definition, Continue?"(line 21 equated to the 2nd of those 2 lines). The syntax seems perfectlyacceptable to me. Any help appreciated.Regards,Mary
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Jun 10, 2007
Can we use parentheses in a check constraint in MS-SQL-server DDL?e.g. I'm having a problem with the following statement:ALTER TABLE [dbo].[MyTable] ADD CONSTRAINT [CK_MyTable_TimesDataOK]CHECK (([TimeOn] IS NULL AND [TimeOff] IS NULL)OR([ShiftCode] IS NOT NULL AND [TimeOn] IS NOT NULL AND [TimeOff] IS NOTNULL));The statement appears to run fine, but when I look at my tabledefinition afterwards, it appears that SQL-server ignored theparentheses in my constraint; it shows the constraint expression as:(([TimeOn] IS NULL AND [TimeOff] IS NULL OR [ShiftCode] IS NOT NULL AND[TimeOn] IS NOT NULL AND [TimeOff] IS NOT NULL))My intention is that if there's (non null) data in either of the columnsTimeOn or TimeOff is not null, all three of the columns TimeOn, TimeOffand ShiftCode must have non null data.OK, I realise I could enforce this by altering my table setup in otherways. Right now I'm just trying to figure out if this I'm just upagainst a difference between dialects of SQL in check constraints here.Am I missing something obvious with parentheses?BTW the DDL for the table I'm testing on:CREATE TABLE [dbo].[MyTable]([FNname] [nvarchar](50) NOT NULL,[ShiftDate] [datetime] NOT NULL,[ShiftCode] [nchar](2) NULL,[TimeOn] [nchar](4) NULL,[TimeOff] [nchar](4) NULL);
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Jul 24, 2007
I thought the whole point of 'check constraint' being unticked meant you could whack your data straight in no probs.
How can I insert a bunch of historical information where I want to control the PK, in this case DealID?
I have got 'keep identity' checked.
I check the db, the Id does NOT exist currently.
Error: 0xC0202009 at Data Cleansing, Deal Insert [12194]: SSIS Error Code DTS_E_OLEDBERROR. An OLE DB error has occurred. Error code: 0x80004005.
An OLE DB record is available. Source: "Microsoft SQL Native Client" Hresult: 0x80004005 Description: "The statement has been terminated.".
An OLE DB record is available. Source: "Microsoft SQL Native Client" Hresult: 0x80004005 Description: "Violation of PRIMARY KEY constraint 'PK_DealID'. Cannot insert duplicate key in object 'dbo.Deal'.".
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Oct 25, 2007
Hi all,
Any advice much appreciated.
I have a table that defines the metadata of some values that will be stored in some generic table somewhere. Here's the table definition:
CREATE TABLE [dbo].[AttributeType]
(
[AttributeTypeID] [int] NOT NULL
, [AttributeTypeName] [nvarchar] (40) NOT NULL
, [AttributeDataType] [nvarchar] (40) NOT NULL CONSTRAINT CK_AttributeDataType_Values CHECK ([AttributeDataType] IN ('NVARCHAR','INT','DECIMAL','DATETIME'))
, [AttributeLength] tinyint NULL
, [AttributePrecision]tinyint NULL
, [AttributeScale] tinyint NULL
, CONSTRAINT CK_AttributeScale_Values CHECK (AttributeScale <= AttributePrecision)
) ON [PRIMARY]
What I want to do is write a constraint (or 4 constraints) that says:
If AttributeDataType = 'nvarchar', AttributeLength cannot be NULL, AttributePrecision must be NULL, AttributeScale must be NULL
If AttributeDataType = 'int', AttributeLength must be NULL, AttributePrecision must be NULL, AttributeScale must be NULL
If AttributeDataType = 'datetime', AttributeLength must be NULL, AttributePrecision must be NULL, AttributeScale must be NULL
If AttributeDataType = 'decimal', AttributeLength must be NULL, AttributePrecision cannot be NULL, AttributeScale cannot be NULL
Is that even possible? I've tried and failed (admittedly not for too long) to fathom a way of doing it.
-Jamie
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