Creating A Unique Field
Nov 30, 2000
I have built a table called Visit_Fact, which is detailed medical data. Within this table I have to create several index fields.
Well one of the fields ([Diag Code]) that should be included will have null values.
Well in Access I was able to build my new field called IndKey which has the following SQL statement:
IndKey: [PracticeCode]&[Physician Code]&[Chart #]&[Visit #]&[InsCoNum]&[CPT]&[Modifier]&[Units]&[Diag Code]
1. Example data with Diag Code = null
ABCD1234ABCDEF1234567MEDI19921301
2. Example data with Diag Code <> null
ABCD1234ABCDEF1234567MEDI19921301708.1
This runs fine in Access and if the Diag Code is null, Access does not care, it still puts all the other information together. Such as the examples above.
Well I tried doing this in a Stored Procedure and when I ran across a record that had a null value for the [Diag Code] it made the IndKey field Null for that record. If it was not null then it looked like Example 2.
What is the proper way of creating my unique field in SQL Server?
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Jul 20, 2005
HiI tried the following from the help file...When you create or modify a unique index, you can set an option toignore duplicate keys. If this option is set and you attempt to createduplicate keys by adding or updating data that affects multiple rows(with the INSERT or UPDATE statement), the row that causes theduplicates is not added or, in the case of an update, discarded.For example, if you try to update "Smith" to "Jones" in a table where"Jones" already exists, you end up with one "Jones" and no "Smith" inthe resulting table. The original "Smith" row is lost because anUPDATE statement is actually a DELETE followed by an INSERT. "Smith"was deleted and the attempt to insert an additional "Jones" failed.The whole transaction cannot be rolled back because the purpose ofthis option is to allow a transaction in spite of the presence ofduplicates.But when I did it the original "Smith" row was not lost.I am doing something wrong or is the help file incorrect.Dan
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Jan 11, 2007
Set Quoted_Identifier On
Go
Set Ansi_Nulls On
Go
Alter Procedure spReport_SomeFooReport
@SearchFromThisDate datetime = null, @SearchToThisDate datetime = null
As
Declare @TableUniqueIdentifier varchar(80), @SQLString varchar(5000)
set @TableUniqueIdentifier = newid()
set @TableUniqueIdentifier = 'Report_SomeFooReport' + @TableUniqueIdentifier
set @TableUniqueIdentifier = replace(@TableUniqueIdentifier, '-', '7')
set @SQLString = 'Create Table ' + @TableUniqueIdentifier + ' (xxx varchar(40))'
exec @SQLString
Return
Go
Set Quoted_Identifier Off
Go
Set Ansi_Nulls On
Go
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the error is:
Server: Msg 2812, Level 16, State 62, Line 12
Could not find stored procedure 'Create Table Report_SomeFooReport06EEEC8D7EA6A74D0178EDD79E999B (xxx varchar(40))'.
So may'be a format issue or something,
im trying to create "temp" tables for sql 2005 report services in my Stored procedures which would have a sql job to get deleted at 23:00
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Mar 20, 2015
We have a sorted data that looks like the first 3 columns below, and fourth colum is what I want to create)
Shift_start meal_break shift_endShift ID
1 0 0 1
0 0 0 1
0 0 1 1
1 0 0 2
0 0 0 2
0 0 1 2
I need to find a method to assign unique Shift IDS to rows that correspond to a single shift. For instance, the first shift would begin on the first row when shift_start flag is turned on, and end on the third row when shift_end flag is turned on.
Can I do this in SQL ?...some kind of grouping ?
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May 31, 2001
I have a bit field only alow one row as 1 all other rows should always 0.
How can I control that -- trigger or constraint?? How?
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Nov 17, 2004
I have a database table with a primary key that auto-increments - using MS SQL Server 2000.
However I have another field (standard field) that must not allow duplicates.
Besides writing code to sift through the database every time to check for duplicates (which would take long to search through the db every time), is there any setting in MS SQL Server 2000 that allows for an automatic check for duplication and will prevent duplicates!??
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Nov 18, 2004
I have a database table with a primary key that auto-increments - using MS SQL Server 2000.
However I have another field (standard field) that must not allow duplicates.
Besides writing code to sift through the database every time to check for duplicates (which would take long to search through the db every time), is there any setting in MS SQL Server 2000 that allows for an automatic check for duplication and will prevent duplicates!??
Here's an example of what I mean...
PK Entry_Sheet Cust_Id Date
1 62345 cust1 16/11/2004
2 45663 cust6 16/11/2004
3 82917 cust1 16/11/2004
4 19283 cust2 17/11/2004
5 28764 cust2 18/11/2004
I have everything created, with data already in the table. What I need now is some way to prevent duplicates from occurring.
The Entry_Sheet value needs to be unique. Instead of writing code to run through the entire db each time an insert is performed, is there a simpler way using a SQL Server DB!??
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Sep 21, 2015
I am building a view to be used to drill down into a Lightswitch app I'm building and to drive this I want to use a view based off the selection of that value several other values will be given to the user to choose from related to the first selection. I've created a view using the following statement:
SELECT DISTINCT TOP (100) PERCENT ARSFamily, ARS_Index
FROM dbo.csr_standards_cmsars
ORDER BY ARSFamily
but the results come back with ALL the records of the source table (509 rows) when there should have only been 29 rows returned (the appropriate number of families or unique groups). The index is necessary to have Lightswitch use the view as a data source.what I'm doing wrong here?
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Aug 3, 2007
HI,
To create a unique constraint on a multiple nullable column, we need to create a view with not null column and and then create a unique index on that view.
Is this is the only way of doing ?
Thank you.
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Nov 10, 2005
I have a table where the key is an autonumber. I also have a field which holds the reference of a room eg 0BM1. It is nvarchar. Is there a way I can set this field to duplicates = No, so that my user cannot enter the same room reference more than once. Or do I have to do this check in my asp.net code ?
TIA
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Jul 10, 2007
Hello,
I would like to store some frequently asked questions in a database.
As those questions/answers could be translated in several languages, I was thinking of using two tables :
The first table would contain a unique field : the key wich is an id for each faq.
The second table would contain those fields :
FAQ_ID : foreign key
LANG : language
QUESTION : the question translated in the good language.
ANSWER : the answer translated in the good language.
What I find embarrassing, is that first table just contains a unique field : the id. But it allows :
- to have a table in which a line correspond to an object. It is convenient for object relational mapping.
- it is more evolutionary. If, in the future, I have to add some statistics that concerns a faq, I will have the possibility to store them in the first table, avoiding in this way to duplicate data.
But, one more time, I find a bit embarrassing having a table with a unique field...
What is your opinion about that ?
Thank you in advance for any suggestion.
mathmax
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Jul 23, 2005
Is it possible to have the field as a unique key and a optional one?It is like.. for example, office code has to be unique (cannot beduplicated with the same code) and it could be null too.
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Sep 30, 2015
Table Name: Denominator
Already has the following constraint:
PK_Denominatorclustered, unique, primary key located on PRIMARY DenominatorID
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I also want to know whether we can include the " WITH ( IGNORE_DUP_KEY=ON ) "
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Oct 11, 2005
I need to to have a table that has a counter field (used to generate an id code for a record). This is not the primary id for the field but just a counter to label a record in another table, similar to a registration code for an event. This is a sequential counter that will start 1 and go up on each new record inserted into other tables. What I want to do is be able to query this counter table to get the next valid number and increment the count for the next time. This is a multi user web app so needs to prevent duplicate use of same number.How best should this be handled? A transaction to query and update the field?
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Jul 24, 2013
I have a table in Access 2007 that has about 30 field names and I want to have a count of how many unique rows there are in each field. I want to have these results put into another table that will just have the field name and then the count of how many unique rows there are.
I have code in VBA that will loop through my SQL and change out the field name, but I can't seem to get the SQL right before I can start looping it. For just one field name this would be what I have to count the unique names...
So far I have this:
INSERT INTO newtable
COUNT(*) FROM (SELECT Raw_Table.FieldName, COUNT(Raw_Table.FieldName) AS CountOfFieldName
FROM Raw_Table
GROUP BY Raw_Table.FieldName);
And its not going too well.
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Oct 18, 2007
SQL 2000 Enterprise Manager won’t let me drop a unique key index and move it to another field. I get an error regarding ‘drop index not allowed because of unique key constraint enforcement.
Is there anyway to change fields for unique keys in SQL Enterprise Manager?
Thanks, Al
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Jul 20, 2005
I created a view that joins two tables (tblOrder and tblProduct). The fieldProductID is common to both. When I save the View I get the following errormessage: "Column names in each view must be unique." Is there a way aroundthat? Should I be naming my Key Fields and Foreign Key fields differently?I'm new to MS-SQL. Thanks for your help.Louis
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Sep 5, 2006
hello guys,
I have one table which is using to keep 10 difference type of serial number (that mean i got 10 column in the table). Is there any way to do unique key checking (individually, not combine) on these 10 serial number without sacrify the performance?
thank you.
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Jun 8, 2005
I am in a situation where I need to find out unique field names with different values in a table having 200+ columns.
Let's say I have two rows with 200+ columns ( I exported these rows from Lotus Notes to SQL Server) I am not sure what columns makes unique of these rows. It's going to be tedious by checking each column values.
Is there anyway I can write a squl query on these two rows which outputs column names which are having unique values.
I would appreciate If anybody gives me hint about achieving desired result
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Jun 5, 2012
I have created a view based on joining 3 tables, however, it is not possible to have a unique field in the view which I must need it and I must create index on some other fields. Is there any way to create sequence number or uniqie field in mssql view.
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Dec 20, 2012
I am working on a software primarily related to accounting with visual basic
Many of the problems and proposed several solutions for running sum, but I have read almost all of these interpretations,
have applied when running sum is a unique ID field. but almost all of the functioning of accounting reports are in chronological order. So he questioned what was the balance on 05.05.2012.
ID of the process is done, if the user enters a process backward a few things since then, the transaction date is old, but the ID is new, are experiencing problems. eg
ID DATE DEBIT CREDIT BALANCE
1 02.02.2012 100.00 0.00 100.00
6 04.04.2012 0.00 150.00 -50.00
3 02.05.2012 70.00 0.00 20.00
4 02.05.2012 80.00 0.00 100.00
2 06.06.2012 120.00 0.00 220.00
must balance the figure above.
if ID = 2 record, the record date 06/06/2012 and if the ID = 6, date 04/04/2012, the date the order is made if the listing is experiencing trouble getting balance. 2 records in the same day when the balance at worst formula breaks down. The big point is that I hang out in my project.
the only solution is to use a temporary table or writing about it in Visual Basic seems to calculate. the use of temporary table is not a solution, but unfortunately also very fast.
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Aug 10, 2015
I have a very large CSV file containing name-and-address information which I am reading in a Visual Basic project using the Microsoft.JetOLEDB.4.0 provider.
The key field on which the CSV file is to be filtered is the PostCode field. This is a UK-format PostCode "XXnn Nxx" where "XX" is one or more letters denoting a geographical area within the UK and "nn" is one or more characters (starting with at least one numeric digit) which when combined with the area code denotes a specific district within the geographical area. My aim is to identify all the unique UK postal districts held within my address CSV file.
Because I do not know how to use SQL to filter on the partial contents of a database field I am presently reduced to extracting unique full PostCodes using "SELECT DISTINCT PostCode,City,County FROM [ADDRESSES.csv]" into a DataTable object, then sequentially reading that DataTable using the operation of a dictionary object to identify unique PostCode areas, to finally construct the DataTable I need.
Is it possible in SQL to select records where the value of a varying number of characters before a space character in a given (PostCode) field is unique?
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Apr 22, 2006
I'm new to MS SQL and VB. I have a table with one field JOB_NAME containing 20 records. Out of that field I want to retrieve 6 of the 20 records into a pulldown menu. They are all unique text names like so:
Anna Smith
John Doe
etc. I did not see IDs listed for any of the names in the table when I looked.
There is no common denominator to the names that can be filtered in the SELECT statement, and the 6 that I want will need to be pulled out individually.
Is there a way to do this with a SELECT statement? I have not found much information about how to extract unique records out of a single field. Here's the statement I'm using which pulls all of them:
strSQL = "SELECT DISTINCT JOB_NAME AS Names FROM [WORKER_NAMES] WHERE JOB_NAME<>' ' ORDER BY JOB_NAME ASC"
This gives me the total list but I only want to bring back 6 of the 20 for the pulldown.
Is there a way to modify this statement to pull only the records that I want?
Thanks for any help you can give.
AJ
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Dec 27, 2013
So for years I was using the int identity(1,1) primary_key for all the tables I created, and then in this project I decided, you know, I like the uniqueidentifier using newsequentialid() to ensure a distinctly unique primary key.
then, after working with the php sqlsrv driver, I realized huh, no matter what, i am unable to retrieve the scope_identity() of the insert
So of course I cruised back to the MSSMS and realized crap, I can't even make the uniqueidentifier an identity.
So now I'm wondering 2 things...
1: Can I short cut and pull the uniqueidentifier of a newly inserted record, even though the scope_identity() will return null or
2: do I now have to add a column to each table, keep the uniqueidentifier (as all my tables are unified by that relationship) and also add a pk field as an int identity(1,1) primary_key, in order to be able to pull the scope_identity() on insert...
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Aug 21, 2014
I have a list of movies that show throughout the year. I would like to assign a unique numeric identifier to each text field.
I have provided some sample data with the output I would like. The Movie_ID in the sample data is just made up, feel free to assign any numeric identifier, preferably of the same length but not a necessity.
create table dbo.Movie_Pre_Fix
(
Report_Monthint,
IDint,
Movie_NameVarchar(50)
);
insert into dbo.Movie_Pre_Fix (Report_Month, ID,Movie_Name)
VALUES
(201406,0721312144,'SAW'),
[code]....
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Oct 12, 2012
I ran into an interesting situation. I'm working on contract and was looking at creating an ERD for an existing database when I ran into a problem. I found FK's that are referencing columns that do not have a unique constraint or a unique index.
I don't know the history of the database but was there a time in SQL Server history where this would have been possible? I scripted out the tables and created it in a test database. When I run the script to create the FK I get the following message.
I double checked the original tables and this FK does exist in table1 and there is no unique anything in the referenced table, table2. Currently the database is running on SQL Server 2008 Ent.
ALTER TABLE [dbo].[table1] WITH CHECK ADD CONSTRAINT [FK_table1] FOREIGN KEY([Col1])
REFERENCES [dbo].[table2] ([col2])
There are no primary or candidate keys in the referenced table 'dbo.table2' that match the referencing column list in the foreign key 'FK_table1'.
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Jul 26, 2015
I have the following query:
Select p.Id [SenderId], p.Username, up.PhotoId,
CASE
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ELSE 0 -- Message has been read
END AS NewMessage,
p.LastLoggedIn, p.LoggedIn
[Code] ....
The above query returns me all messages (inbox functionality) that have been sent to mr.ReceipientId, the issue I have is when I send another email to the recipient the readdate field will be null, and the other emails linked to the recipient which have also been sent via me will have a readdate date. This causes duplicate rows to appear due to the case statement, I'm trying to figure out if / how it is possible to only display the one row per conversation and set newmessage to 1 if there is an un-read message otherwise show 0 ?
So instead of showing this:
2Person102015-07-26 17:07:24.9370
2Person112015-07-26 17:07:24.9370
I'm trying to get it to look like this:
2Person112015-07-26 17:07:24.9370
Or if we have no new mail (read date is not null) then it will appear like this, and I can confirm when there is no new mail it works as expected.
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Sep 22, 2015
I have a field I am trying to bring into a SQL statement
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Conversion failed when converting from a character string to uniqueidentifier.
the field specs' originatingleadid is attached ....
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Oct 21, 2014
I have a comma separated field containing numerous 2 digit numbers that I would like splitting out by a corresponding unique code held in another field on the same row.
E.g
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14587934 1,5,17,18,19,40,51,62,70
6998468 10,45,62,18,19
79585264 1,5,18
These needs to be in column format or held in an array to be used as conditional criteria.
Unique Code Comma Separated Value
79585264 1
79585264 5
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Mar 9, 2007
Hi all. Hiw can i create a field in a query?
/*
table - HrSetTaxTable
taxpaytype taxcode salrate1 salrate2 basetax perover
A A1 1000 200 100 5
B A2 2000 300 90 5
B A3 3000 400 80 5
A A4 4000 500 70 5
C A5 5000 600 60 5
B A6 6000 700 50 5
C A7 7000 800 40 5
*/
How could I add another field(varchar type) named TTP.
If taxpaytype is equal to A, TTP = Daily
If taxpaytype is equal to B, TTP = Weekly
If taxpaytype is equal to C, TTP = Monthly
so my expected result.
/*
taxpaytype taxcode salrate1 salrate2 basetax perover TTP
A A1 1000 200 100 5 Daily
B A2 2000 300 90 5 Weekly
B A3 3000 400 80 5 Weekly
A A4 4000 500 70 5 Daily
C A5 5000 600 60 5 Monthly
B A6 6000 700 50 5 Weekly
C A7 7000 800 40 5 Monthly
*/
Thanks.
-Ron-
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Jul 3, 2006
hi,
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I am taking the output from this table and displaying in Excel as yes or no not 0 or 1.
Thanks
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Feb 21, 2007
well i guess we were all a newb once so here goes
something is wrong with the below it just doesnt like the date part
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(
Dte date(ddmmyyyy),
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AM_Hrs integer(3),
PM_Hrs integer(3),
EVE_Hrs integer(3)
)
;
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Nov 7, 2007
I am creating a new filed in SQL Server 2005, and I want the field to have the default of '0'
I select the data type as numeric and save my changes, I then visit our front end database to see if the default value is just '0' but it appears as '0.00'
SO i thought about changing the default value to int (im thinking this means integer?) and changing it to '3' but it still displays the decimal point and two 0's
Am I doing something wrong here? I just want it to display '0'
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