Question On Primary Key, Unique Index
Oct 8, 2007
Question: I have a test table like this
CREATE TABLE [dbo].[Test](
[name] [varchar](50) COLLATE SQL_Latin1_General_CP1_CI_AS NOT NULL,
[addr] [varchar](50) COLLATE SQL_Latin1_General_CP1_CI_AS NULL,
CONSTRAINT [PK_Test] PRIMARY KEY CLUSTERED
(
[name] ASC
)WITH (PAD_INDEX = OFF, IGNORE_DUP_KEY = OFF) ON [PRIMARY]
) ON [PRIMARY]
But when I tried to input my data like
'abc', '123 abc'
'abc ','123 abc'
SQL server won't recognize 'abc' and 'abc ' is a different value if the last character is a space. Is there a way to make it as a different value? I tried to drop the primary and input the data. When I ran a group by the name column, 'abc' show 2 instead of 1. Seems SQL server is trying to ignore the space at the end too.
I also noticed unique index have the same problem too. Please help.
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Feb 23, 2006
my table :
CREATE TABLE [dbo].[users] (
[ID] [int] NOT NULL ,
[A1] [nvarchar] (100) NULL ,
[A2] [nvarchar] (100) NULL ,
[A3] [nvarchar] (100) NULL
) ON [PRIMARY]
i must keep ID columns as primary key
ALTER TABLE [dbo].[users] WITH NOCHECK ADD
CONSTRAINT [PK_users] PRIMARY KEY CLUSTERED
(
[ID]
) ON [PRIMARY]
but now A1+A2 must be unique
how can i do it ?
thank you
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May 27, 2002
Hi,
I am making a program in Visual Basic .NET with SQL Server 2000.
I have a table "MyTable" with a primary key named "Id". The primary key is 'Create Unique' checked and 'Index' selected. When I insert all the fields required, except "Id" of course, I need the new record's "Id" in my VisualBasic program, but I don't know how...
I must do one of them, but don't know how either of them:
-Create a trigger on insertion that will send to the user that sended the insert command the "Id" of the record just created.
or
-get the command in Visual Basic that will send the Insert command with a return field ("Id")
Thanks in advance,
Sebastien Anselmo
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Sep 4, 2015
We are going to use SQL Sever change tracking. The problem is that some of our tables, which are to be tracked, have no primary keys. There are only unique clustered indexes. The question is what is the best way to turn on change tracking for these tables in our circumstances.
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Jul 5, 2015
This index is not unique
ix_report_history_creative_id
Msg 2601, Level 14, State 1, Procedure DFP_report_load, Line 161
Cannot insert duplicate key row in object 'dbo.DFP_Reports_History' with unique index 'ix_report_history_creative_id'.
The duplicate key value is (40736326382, 1, 2015-07-03, 67618862, 355324).
Msg 3621, Level 0, State 0, Procedure DFP_report_load, Line 161
The statement has been terminated.
Exception in Task: Cannot insert duplicate key row in object 'dbo.DFP_Reports_History' with unique index 'ix_report_history_creative_id'. The duplicate key value is (40736326382, 1, 2015-07-03, 67618862, 355324).
The statement has been terminated.
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Sep 22, 2004
A UNIQUE INDEX must inherently impose a unique constraint and a UNIQUE CONSTRAINT is most likely implemented via a UNIQUE INDEX. So what is the difference? When you create in Enterprise Manager you must select one or the other.
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Jul 20, 2005
HelloWhat should I use for better perfomance sinceunique constraint always use index ?ThanksKamil
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Jun 24, 2006
What's the difference in the effect of the followings:
CREATE UNIQUE NONCLUSTERED INDEX
and
ALTER TABLE dbo.titles ADD CONSTRAINT
titleind UNIQUE NONCLUSTERED
I found there're two settings in Indexs/Keys dialog box of the management studio, Is Unique, and Type. The DDL statements above are generated by setting Is Unique to yes plus Type to Index, and just Type to Unique Key, respectively. What's the difference between them?
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Mar 7, 2001
Hi everyone,
I need urgent help to resolve this issue...
As far as the performance goes which one is better..
Unique Index(col1, col2) OR Unique constraint(col1, col2) ?
Unique constraint automatically adds a unique index
and unique index takes care of uniqueness then whats the use of unique constraint ?
Which one do one use ?
thanks
sonali
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Jan 20, 2006
BOL says a unique constraint is preferred over a unique index. It also states that a unique constraint creates a unique index. What then is the difference between the two, and why is a constraint preferred over the index?
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Mar 26, 2008
hi team,
.Can i create umique constraint with out unique index.when i am creating a unique constraint sql creates a unique index (default) can i have only unique constraint ?
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Nov 13, 2007
What 's difference between Unique key and unique index in SQL server 2005?
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Oct 20, 2006
Hello
for MS SQL 2000 I want to CREATE a Table as follow :
CREATE TABLE [dbo].[Local] (
[id_Local] [int] IDENTITY(1,1) NOT NULL,
[Name] [nvarchar] (100) NOT NULL,
[Info] [nvarchar] (100) NULL
)
id_Local is PrimaryKey autoincrement
but Name must be UNIQUE (not 2 times the same name)
how can script it ?
thank you
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Aug 27, 2007
Hi,
Can anyone tell what are the specific scenarios where Unique key is recommened over primary key ?
While designing a database table in what all cases we should think about going for Unique key rather than a primary key.
Regards,
Amit
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Jan 19, 2008
hello all sorry m asking Database Question .. m talking about SQL SERVER 2005 but i have bit confusion... what difference between a
primary key and a unique key? if m not wrong then primary key doesn't allow NULLs, but
unique key allows NULLs but in many searches comes that primary key doesn't allow NULLs, but
unique key allows one NULL only. what this means 'one NULL only'?? according to my practical we can give more then 1 nulls... plz clear this point???
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Aug 17, 2007
Is there any way to auto generate the unique primary key when inserting data in MS SQL?
there is a way to create the increasing integer as primary key, but is there any ways other than that?
thank you
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Jan 23, 2008
For our database application we get our primary keys by calling a stored procedure that pass's in the table name and outputs the next primary key number assigned to that table.
ALTER procedure [dbo].[sp_getNextKey]
@TableName char(100),
@NextKey T_ID output
as
SET TRANSACTION ISOLATION LEVEL READ COMMITTED
begin transaction
select @NextKey = NextKeyValue from T_KeyGenerator where TableName like @TableName
update T_KeyGenerator set NextKeyValue = NextKeyValue + 1 where TableName like @TableName
commit transaction
I then take that primary key, and other data, and insert that into the desired table.
The Problem I am having is that my user's keep getting "cannot insert duplicate key in table".
So I assume that I do not have the transaction set right, or missing something.
I need it to lock the row in the t_keyGenerator table so that no other users can view that row until I update it with the new value and commit the transaction.
Any help would be greatly appreciated
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Nov 9, 2006
I wrote this stored procedure and it works fine, it seems. The questions I have are as follows:
(1) What is the difference between PRIMARY KEY and UNIQUE. They seem to pertain to the same behavior. When I used only UNIQUE as qualifier I did not see that the column was marked as primary in the SQL Management Studio.
What I need is for a column to be unique in the sense that it would not allow duplicate values and it must have an INDEX on it. I need it to be descending.
(2) Did I do it right or there are aspects in here I do not quite see?
set ANSI_NULLS ON
set QUOTED_IDENTIFIER OFF
GO
ALTER PROCEDURE [dbo].[CreateTableDailyClose]
@symbol varchar (10) = null
AS
BEGIN
SET NOCOUNT ON;
DECLARE @SQL VARCHAR(500)
SET @SQL = 'CREATE TABLE dbo.dailyCl_' + @symbol + ' (
dateTimed DateTime NOT NULL PRIMARY KEY,
opened float NULL,
high float NULL,
low float NULL,
closed float NULL,
volume int NULL,
adjClosed float NULL
)'
EXEC sp_sqlexec @Sql
SET @SQL = 'CREATE UNIQUE INDEX dateTimed ON dbo.dailyCl_' +
@symbol + ' (dateTimed DESC) '
EXEC sp_sqlexec @Sql
END
Thanks.
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Oct 13, 2015
What is the need of Primary Key if everything can be achieved by Unique Key? Everything that primary key does, Unique key can also fill those things.Why primary key is required?
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Mar 29, 2004
Just found out that creating a unique index does not create a unique constraint, but creating a unique constraint creates unique index.
But effectively they do the same thing.
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May 8, 2008
How to findout whether a Index is unique or not?
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Mar 26, 2007
if this question is inappropriate here, I apologize (it's at least obliquely related). I have been using ssno as a unique key in a datawarehouse I have been working on because all of the component systems have had it. I now have a database to add where ssno is not available. I have first, last address, city, state,zip and dob.
Question is, how to construct a unique identifier from those components. If not unique, then at least usable?
Again, if this post is wrong here, I apologize
Thanks for any input
Walter
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Jan 25, 2006
I have a deal table, each of these investments must be unique. I created a int pk : idDeal. Does that make sense or should i just use the deal colm being it has a unique constraint,
Reguarding indexes, should i make the auto # colm my pk and make that the clustered index? and put another index on the Deal Colmn? Any suggestions welcomed
Thank you
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Mar 21, 2008
Hi
I have a strange requirement in ETL operation. My Source contains only the details table data. Out of it, I have to load the master table and refer the Master table primary key ID to load Details table. I can easily load the Master Table with aggregate transformation. But problem is how to look up the Master Table Primary Key ID to load the Details table, as the master does not contains any unique key to lookup. This may seems to be strange but this is my requirement. You can refer the Source and Destination data model as below. They may give you clear picture. Can you guys help me out on this?
My Source Table
--------------------------
Citye Type
City Name
Source
New York
Via City1
Pittsburg
Destination City
Chicago
Source
New York
Via City1
Philadelphia
Destination City
Chicago
My Destination
------------------------
Master Table
ID
1
2
Detail Table
Master Table ID
Citye Type
City Name
1
Source
New York
1
Via City1
Pittsburg
1
Destination City
Chicago
2
Source
New York
2
Via City1
Philadelphia
2
Destination City
Chicago
Thanks
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Feb 6, 2007
This is for SQL 2000 (SP 2) using Enterprise Manager. I have a table with a unique index comprised of several int fields. The index needs to include an additional bit field that is part of the table. But when I go to modify the index, the bit field name doesn't appear in the Column Name list.
Can anyone shed any light on the problem?
Thanks.
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May 21, 2002
I have read that you get better performance with unique indexes rather than non-unique indexes.
I have experimented with this in SQL 2000. I have two identical tables (with about 250000 rows each) with a 12-character unique column. In one table I define it as a regular index and in the other I define it as a unique index. No matter what I try I get identical performance, and the query optimizer shows an identical plan.
I even tried clauses such as
WHERE 1 < (SELECT COUNT(*) FROM TheTable
WHERE key_column = OtherTable.key_column)
which should obviously return nothing if TheTable.key_column is unique. However the query still ran a long time no matter if the index is unique or not.
I have also tried a unique constraint instead of a unique index and got the same (non)results.
Can anyone come up with an example where creating a unique index actually makes a performance difference?
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Dec 17, 2006
Hello !
for MS SQL 2000
how can i set an unique index on Serial column but only if Serial IS NOT NULL
CREATE UNIQUE INDEX [IX_Product] ON [Product]([Serial]) ON [PRIMARY]
i can have 100 rows with a NULL Serial
thank you
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Apr 19, 2013
I find to be able to have multiple NULL entries in the following constraint:
Code:
CREATE UNIQUE INDEX my_uidx ON my_table(my_col1,my_col2) WHERE ??? IS NOT NULL;
But is not possible to check multiple columns in "WHERE".
I using SQL Server 2012 Express
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Feb 12, 2004
I'm trying to weight the pros and cons of unique constraints and unique indexes. I understand that creating a unique constraint also creates an index. If that is the case, why not just use a unique index? Could someone give me an example of when you would want an unique constraint over an unique indexes
Thanks in advance
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May 7, 2008
What is the difference between unqiue constraint and unique index? What are the pros and cons? Are they interchangable?
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Mar 4, 2008
What is unique index in sql server 2k?
plz some one help me out, thanx
Rahul Arora
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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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Jul 20, 2005
When I add a unique key constraint to column in SQL 6.5 why does it alsocreate an index. e.g. In the table subaccounts I added a unique keyconstraint for the column login and SQL creates an index with the nameUQ_SubAccounts_2__19 (UKC).Does this also mean that there is no need to create an index for thiscolumn?thxMansoor
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