I am working on a .NET project for order manangement system. There will be multiple users accessing the application simultaneously. We have primary key columns as identity columns in most of our tables in our database. When we create new records, in our SPs we are doing an insert and to get the value of the Primary Key immediately after the insert, we are retrieving the last inserted identity value and using it in the rest of the procedure.
Which one is the best to retrieve the value of the record just inserted - @@Identity, Scope_Identity OR Ident_Current
We should have the right column value considering there will be multiple inserts in the tables precisely at the same, say, micro second. There should be no overlaps where the id value generated for one user/session etc should not be retrieved for another user or session etc.
Please let us know what is the best to use in our condition.
Hi, I am having problem in bulk update of a sql server table haning identity column from a datatable( has no identity column) using sqlbulkcopy. I tried several approaches, but it does not show any error nor is the table getting updated. But the identity value seems to getting increased every time. thanks. varun
when i alter non identity column to identity column using this Query alter table testid alter column test int identity(1,1) then i got this error message Msg 156, Level 15, State 1, Line 3 Incorrect syntax near the keyword 'identity'.
I am trying to develope a Pocket PC application using MS Visual Studio 2005 (C#)and the database is in the device (.sdf file).
Am trying to retreive a single row from a table containing around 10000 rows. I would like to know the fastest method to retreive the values.
whether it is faster to use an SQLDataAdapter to retreive the values to a dataset or datatable OR retreive the values to a SQLCEResultSet OR is there any other faster retreival method.
I'm am novice in the RDMS world. I would like to set up a database that will scale with a large dataset of over 1,000,000 unique records. In a nutshell, I have about a million+ documents that are stored on a file server as TIFF files. Each document has 2 or more persons (names) associated with that document like "John Smith" or "Mr. John Doe" etc.. A person can be related to many documents (depending on how many transactions they conducted over the years) and any document can be related to many people as most of the transactions were from multiple sellers and multiple buyers. The end users almost always searches for documents by using the first and last name of the person related to the document along with other document fields such as DATE and TYPE to narrow the search. I would like to design and index the database for fast searching as updates are not as time sensitive. I think I need at least 3 tables:
1) NAME_TABLE normalized into NameID(PK) NameFirst, NameMiddle and NameLast
2) DOC_TABLE normalized into DocID(PK), DocTransNum, DocFilePath, DocDate, DocType, (and other attributes)
3) NAME_DOC table to relate the above two tables in a many to many relationship.
My questions are: Where should I put the field that identifies the person as a buyer or seller as it relates to the document? John Smith can be both a buyer and seller on different documents so I don't think it belongs in the NAME table. If I have a another table that splits the names into SELLER_NAMES and BUYER_NAMES it would create some duplicate names and increase the search time right? I want to search for a document using a name and the option to specify if the person name search is limited to buyers, sellers or both. Do I need to do anything special in setting up the tables for fast searching other than indexing all the name fields and the DocID field? What indexing needs to be done on the many-to-many table if any? If fast searching on a mostly static database is a top requirement, should I denormalize the document table to include the names even though there will be duplicate names throughout? How large of a test set of records do I need to load to see any real deltas in performance as I modify and tweak?
Sorry for all the questions but I believe they are related to the overall problem to solve.
I have table of three column first column is an ID column. However at creation of the table i have not set this column to auto increment. Then i have copied 50 rows in another table to this table then set the ID column values to zero.
Now I have changed the ID column to auto increment seed=1 increment=1 but the problem is i couldn't figure out how to update this ID column with zero value set to each row with this auto increment values so the ID column would have values from 1-50. Is there a away to do this?
Ok,I just need to know how to get the last record inserted by the highestIDENTITY number. Even if the computer was rebooted and it was twoweeks ago. (Does not have to do with the session).Any help is appreciated.Thanks,Trint
I'm working with a third-party database (SQL Server 2005) and the problem here is the following:
- There are a bunch of ETL processes that needs to insert rows on a table (let's call this table T) and at the same time, an ERP (owner of T) is up and running (reading, updating and inserting on T).
- The PK of T is an Integer.
Today all ETL processes uses (select max(ID) + 1 from T) to insert new rows, so just picture the scenario. It is a mess! Everyday they get duplicate key error when 2 or more concurrent processes are trying to insert a row (with the max) at the same time.
Considering that I can't change the PK, what is the best approach to solve this problem?
To sum up:
* I need to have processes in parallel inserting on T
The requirement is to have a table say 'child_table', with an Identity column to refer another column from a table say 'Parent_table'..
i cannot implement this constraint, it throws the error when i execute the below Alter query,
ALTER TABLE child_table ADD CONSTRAINT fk_1_ct FOREIGN KEY (child_id) REFERENCES parent_table (parent_id) ON DELETE CASCADE
the error thrown is : Failed to execute alter table query: 'ALTER TABLE child_table ADD CONSTRAINT fk_1_ct FOREIGN KEY (child_id) REFERENCES parent_table (parent_id) ON DELETE CASCADE '. Message: java.sql.SQLException: Cascading foreign key 'fk_1_ct' cannot be created where the referencing column 'child_table.child_id' is an identity column.
Hi guys, If I have a temporary table called #CTE With the columns [Account] [Name] [RowID Table Level] [RowID Data Level] and I need to change the column type for the columns: [RowID Table Level] [RowID Data Level] to integer, and set the column [RowID Table Level] as Identity (index) starting from 1, incrementing 1 each time. What will be the right syntax using SQL SERVER 2000?
I am trying to solve the question in the link below: http://forums.microsoft.com/MSDN/ShowPost.aspx?PostID=2093921&SiteID=1
Thanks in advance, Aldo.
I have tried the code below, but getting syntax error...
ALTER TABLE #CTE ALTER COLUMN [RowID Table Level] INT IDENTITY(1,1), [RowID Data Level] INT;
I have also tried:
ALTER TABLE #CTE MODIFY [RowID Table Level] INT IDENTITY(1,1), [RowID Data Level] INT;
Hello; My Memebership table has Guid column as Primary key. But I would like to add Auto numbering Identity column to this table. Is this idea OK or it will bring some problems? Thank you in advance for your help
Hi(SQL Server 2000)I have an existing table (t) with a column that is NOT an identity column(t.ID), but it has manually inserted "row numbers". I want to make thiscolumn become an identity column. This column is a key field to othertables, so I want to keep the row numbers that are allready inserted.From the Query Analyzer, how do I do this?Thanks in advance!Regards,Gunnar VøyenliEDB-konsulent asNORWAY
I have been trying to get the new sol_id that is added so I can use it in other code, but it is only returning 0. The new record is getting added to the table, but my varaiable myNewSolID is 0 in my response.write(myNewSolID) I appeaciate any help! Here is my steored procedure and my code: ALTER PROCEDURE [dbo].[AddTrackings]
@DropDate datetime, @Comment nvarchar(100), @DateEntered datetime, @EnteredBy nvarchar(50), @Sol_ID Int OUTPUT AS INSERT INTO tblTrackings (DropDate, Comment, DateEntered, EnteredBy)
Dim ConnectStr As String = _ ConfigurationManager.ConnectionStrings("2ConnectionString").ConnectionString
Dim MySQL As String = ""
If Me.chkDropSave.Checked Then MySQL = "AddTrackings" Dim MyConn As New SqlConnection(ConnectStr) Dim Cmd As New SqlCommand(MySQL, MyConn) Cmd.CommandType = CommandType.StoredProcedure Dim InsertedInteger As New SqlParameter("@Sol_ID", SqlDbType.Int) InsertedInteger.Direction = ParameterDirection.Output Cmd.Parameters.Add(InsertedInteger)
Dim MySqlParamStart As New SqlParameter("@DropDate", SqlDbType.DateTime) Cmd.Parameters.Add(MySqlParamStart) MySqlParamStart.Value = Me.BasicDatePickerDropDate.SelectedValue
Dim MySqlParamAmtTo As New SqlParameter("@Comment", SqlDbType.NVarChar, 100) Cmd.Parameters.Add(MySqlParamAmtTo) MySqlParamAmtTo.Value = Me.txtComment.Text
Having an identity column in target table, how do I use SQL 7 DTS ?
In Import wizard, I chose 'ignore' in source, checked Enable Indenity Insert - DTS failed with a msg like - a column cannot have NULL...
In DTS package, had Fast load and Enable Indenity checked - no luck !
Unchecked Enable identity, do luck.
What would be the standard procs for this since this sounds like a very common senario. What I am expecting is to insert from source and SQL would take care identity column automatically. Appreciate your help very much !
I want to know how to reset the identiy column when i delete a row from the existing table.
Example:
I have a table a with id (identity incr value 1) and name
I have 10 records inserted into it.,which would be from 1...thru...10 i delete a record say 5 then i have 1,2,3,4,6,7,8,9,10, now i want them to be rearranged to systamatic order like 1,2,3,4,5,6,7,8,9 how can i do this.
I have a table that has a field that will not accept null values. I was trying to create a new table with a new field that would accept null values. I would then drop the original table and rename the new table. The problem is my key field has the Identity column (Autonumber) turned on. This allows the recordID to be automatically generated. Is there anyway to bypass the Identity Column feature and still keep it there future records? I already tried the "with Nocheck Clause" but does not work.
How does one bcp data INTO a MS SQL Server table that includes an IDENTITY column from a text file that does NOT include a value for the IDENTITY column? Surely, this must be a common process?
Kudos to y'all! On most of my tables, I'm using a column of data type numeric and properties set as Identity with no replication. Now I know that it can handle only a length of 9 and obviously not nullable. Now by length of 9, does it mean in bytes or literal digits. If it is, then that would mean that it would reach only up to 999,999,999. What happens then if it reaches that digit?
How do you insert into a table that has an identity column aset of rows with predefined values for the identity column. I have tried to Set Identity_insert off and then insert but it didnt work. any ideas?
Hi,I would like a piece of advice.I have 3 foreign keys in a table used as primary keys for this table.Is it useful in that case to have just one identity column that wouldbe used as the unique primary key, thus no need to have 3 primary keys?Advantages vs Drabacks ?Regards
I am new to Mobile programming. I am now working on a mobile project. I encounter an issue when I sync the data:
cause I can't modify the schema, so I have to use RDA instead of Merge replication on sql server 2005.
However, There is an identiy column on each table I will pull them down to local mobile database. And I will use those identity columns to connect tables. Even worse, the photo's new name will combine the photoID which is an identity column. There would an issue, if i sync data, the photoID would be same on different local mobile databases. And there would be generate same identity value when users sync data.
How can I avoid those issues? If you have any good ideas, please help me out so that I can meet the project deadline.
Hi, I need to turn off Identity of a column which already has records, i have tried SET IDENTITY_INSERT TableName OFF but it is not working. can any one please help me.
Consider a table by name "IdentityExample" having only one column "ID_Column" which is an identity column. Now How will you insert a row into this table???
For some reason my primary key, identity column skipped a couple of numbers. It went from row 734 to 736, 737, 739 Any ideas why this would happen? thanks
