Relations Between Tables - Contraints Diagram
May 4, 2004
Hi all,
I have a big problem. I have many tables with constraints, with foreign keys. I need to create a ordered list of tables, on the top must be the basic table what has no parents, then the second level tables (those depends on the first level) the the names of third level etc.
for example:
Table A[id]
Table B[id, idc]
Table C[id, ida]
Table D[id, ida]
Table E[id, idc]
I tried it by using information_scheme but I was unsuccesfull.
The result should be:
A
C
D
B
E
Thank you,
Tom.
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Aug 31, 2006
Hi,
I am having trouble loading tables (within the same data flow) that have a foriegn key relationship defined between them. For instance:
Table A is a parent (one side of the relationship) to Table B (many side of the relationship).
I am trying to load Table A first within the data flow and then Table B after, but I get the following error:
[OCMD EntityRole Insert [2666]] Error: An OLE DB error has occurred. Error code: 0x80040E2F. An OLE DB record is available. Source: "Microsoft SQL Native Client" Hresult: 0x80040E2F Description: "The statement has been terminated.". An OLE DB record is available. Source: "Microsoft SQL Native Client" Hresult: 0x80040E2F Description: "The INSERT statement conflicted with the FOREIGN KEY constraint "FK_EntityRole_Entity". The conflict occurred in database "ODS", table "dbo.Entity", column 'EntityGuid'.".
I am currently using OLE DB commands to perform the inserts, I load table A and move on to then load Table B, I can see the records in Table A before trying to load Table B but for some reason Table B load still fails.
I was thinking maybe this has something to do with the transaction setting or Isolation level but have played with this to no avail (currently everything is the default - supported/serializable). Also, I am thinking maybe because the OLE DB commands are creating two seperate connections (they are using the same connection manager) the second one is unable to see the transactions from the other (first) connection (Table A)?
Is there a way around this without dropping (disabling) forigen keys before the load and adding them back in after? Would like to avoid this?
I would also like to avoid reading the data source multiple times. Everything I need is in the one source so I would like to populate multiple tables from the one source data stream instead of reading the same data 2,3 or 4 times etc.
Seems to me there must be a simple explanation/solution for this but I'm stuck at this point?
P.S.
I was intially using OLE DB destinations (because they are much faster) and was having the same issue, which made sense because the OLE DB destinations do not let you pass the data stream on so I had to multi cast to the destinations so they were loading at the same time. I would rather use the OLE DB destinations so if you have any ideas around how I could do this using those components that would be appreciated too!
Thanks!
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Aug 28, 2007
Hi There,Im trying to display a list of results and have extra information pulled from another table. Please read on as this isnt what you think, just hard to explain but I will try.In Table 1 I have a set of Orders, example data below.Order 1, Line 1Order 1, Line 2Order 1, Line 3Now I have another table to record what lines a user would like to monitor, for this example the user will monitor these lines.Line 1Line 2but not Line 3I need to display a single grid view using the least amount of queries possible to diplay the following resultOrder 1, Line 1, MonitoredOrder 1, Line 2, MonitoredOrder 1, Line 3, NOT MonitoredI have tried viewed, but with the relationships it only displayes what is avialable in both tables, I have also thought about using a DataSet relationship with two queries through the code, but am really wondering if anybody knows of a simple and low overhead way of producing this result? Mayby stored procedures?Kind Regards,Gareth
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Dec 21, 2003
i want to write program that will return
the relations between the tables and its type (one to many,.....etc)
any help
Thanks in advance
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Sep 1, 2015
Below I have a query which list the relations (constraints) between tables.
I want to list all the relations which are visible in the Database Diagrams.
The list is not complete. How do I get a complete list ?
--
-- Query to show the relations (constraints) between tables.
-- This does not show the complete list
--
SELECT A.constraint_name,
B.table_name AS Child,
C.table_name AS Parent,
[Code] ...
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Aug 22, 2006
hi! I've been using sql server for a while but until recently have kept things pretty simple. now I'm trying to expand my horizons by trying to tackle some more complex applications, and one I'm really struggling with is nested relations. I hope this is in the right forum; if it is not, please feel free to move it, thank you!
here is my problem: I'm desigining a simple "Downloads" page in asp.net, and I have two tables set up. One is Downloads and the other is DownloadCategories. here is a simplified layout of the tables:
Downloads:
ID PK
Title
Description
CatID FK
DownloadCategories
ID PK
Name
Description
ParentID FK
basically CatID in downloads is a foreign key to the ID in downloadcategories, and ParentID is a foreign key to the ID in the same table, downloadcategories. This is set up because I want to support an infinite number of categories, each being able to support their own subcategories, which can go deeper into more subcats, and so on...
the problem is that I can't seem to get them to fill into the dataset I've created in vs 2005's designer. I have a procedure SelectAll which retrieves all rows, and SelectMain which retrieves only the topmost categories (where ParentID=Null). If I fill the datatable with SelectMain, I don't get any of the child categories, and if I call SelectAll, I get just a single table with all the rows, but no relations.
I have defined a relation in the datatable that mirrors that of the database, but no matter what I try, I cannot get it to show the relationship in the datatable when I fill it. am I doing something wrong? this is kind of how I have it setup:
dataset with Downloads and Categories datatables, relations from Categories to Downloads, and from Categories to Categories. I have the two queries added to the table adapter, and I call the SelectAll query to fill it, but all it does is fill the table with rows; it doesn't create any relations.
I hope this explanation of my problem makes sense. as I said I'm still very new to this complex stuff, and I'm hoping to get my head around it soon, because I really need the functionality (not to mention the skills!) so if you can take a moment to go over what I've explained and point out where my flaw might be, I would really appreciate it!!
if you need any more information to help, please let me know and i'll get right back to you. thanks a bunch!
-SelArom
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Feb 7, 2007
Hi all,
In my project i will have the data in a collection of objects, I need to update series of tables with foreign key relations
Right now my code looks like this
foreach(object obj in Objects){
int accountId=Account.Insert(obj.accountOpenDate,obj.accountName);//this will update the accounts table and returns account id which is a Identity column in Acccounts table
int DebtId=Debt.Insert(accountd,obj.debtamount,obj.debtbalance); this will update the Debts table and returns DebtId
///series of tables like above but all the relevant data comes from obj and in the Insert Methods i am using stored procedures to Insert the data into table
}
The no of objects varies from 1000 to 1 milliion,, with this approach its taking more time to update all the data. Please let me know if any alternative procedure to handle this kind of scenario.
Thanks
Regards
Prasad.
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Feb 23, 2008
hiiii all,
plz , I need help:
i want to know relations between tables stored in sql server database :
1-parent column.
2-parent table.
3-child coulmn.
4-child table.
using c# ado.
thanks.
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Apr 20, 2015
I have used Aasim Abdullah's (below link) stored procedure for dynamically generate code for deletion of child tables based on parent with certain filter condition. But I am getting a output which is not proper (Query 1). I would like to have output mentioned in Query 2.
Link:
[URL]
--[Patient] is the Parent table, [Case] is child table and [ChartInstanceCase] is grand child
--When I am deleting a grand child table, it should be linked to child table first followed by Parent
--- query 1
DELETE Top(100000) FROM [dbo].[ChartInstanceCase]
FROM [dbo].[Patient] INNER JOIN [dbo].[Case] ON [Patient].[PatientID] = [Case].[PatientID]
INNER JOIN [dbo].[ChartInstanceCase] ON [Case].[CaseID] = [ChartInstanceCase].[CaseId]
WHERE [Patient].PracticeID = '55';
--Query 2
DELETE Top(100000) [dbo].[ChartInstanceCase]
FROM [dbo].[ChartInstanceCase] INNER JOIN [dbo].[Case] ON [ChartInstanceCase].[CaseId]=[Case].[CaseID]
INNER JOIN [dbo].[Patient] ON [Patient].[PatientID] = [Case].[PatientID]
WHERE [Patient].PracticeID = '55';
how to modify the SP 'dbo.uspCascadeDelete' to get the output as Query 2.
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Oct 31, 2015
Is there anyway to get the order in which data to be import on to tables when they have primary and Foreign Key relations?
For ex:We have around 170 tables and when tries to insert data it will throw error stating table25 data should be inserted first when we insert data in table 25 it say 70 like that.
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Nov 4, 2007
Hi everyone,
I am new to SSIS and I thought maybe someone would give me tips for solving the problem I am facing.
Overview:
I want to insert data contained in a flat file into several DB tables, which have N-M relations.
For illustration, I would explain the problem on a very simple DB:
1. The database contains the following 3 tables:
EMPLOYEE (EMP_ID, EMP_NAME)
PROJECT (PROJ_ID, PROJ_NAME)
EMP_PROJ (EMP_ID, PROJ_ID) , where EMP_ID and PROJ_ID are foreign keys referencing records in the EMPLOYEE and PROJECT tables respectively.
2. Each entry in the falt file contains the following data:
EMP_ID, EMP_NAME, PROJ_ID, PROJ_NAME
3. In SSIS, I have created a Data Flow Task containing:
- a path from a Falt File Source to an SQL Server Destination (Table: Employee)
- a path from a Falt File Source to an SQL Server Destination (Table: Project)
- a path from a Falt File Source to an SQL Server Destination (Table: Emp_proj)
Note: I used SQL Server Destination, because I need to import a huge amount of data and I read that this component performs better than the OLE DB Destination!
Questions:
1. I would like to eliminate EMP_ID and PROJ_ID from the Flat File Source. Instead, I would like these fields to be generated automatically upon insertion.
a. How can I do this and propagate the generated key among the different paths, which I have explained previously?
b. Can I first generate the two keys somehow then the parallel insertions into the different tables should start using the generated keys?
2. Is my solution correct in the first place? Or is there another better way for inserting data which belong to N-N relations?
Thanks in adavance,
Samar
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Apr 20, 2015
I have used Aasim Abdullah's (below link) stored procedure for dynamically generate code for deletion of child tables based on parent with certain filter condition. But I am getting a output which is not proper (Query 1). I would like to have output mentioned in Query 2.
Link:Â [URL]
--[Patient] is the Parent table, [Case] is child table and [ChartInstanceCase] is grand child
--When I am deleting a grand child table, it should be linked to child table first followed by Parent
--- Query 1
DELETE Top(100000) FROM [dbo].[ChartInstanceCase]
FROM [dbo].[Patient] INNER JOIN [dbo].[Case] ON [Patient].[PatientID] = [Case].[PatientID]
INNER JOIN [dbo].[ChartInstanceCase] ON [Case].[CaseID] = [ChartInstanceCase].[CaseId]
WHERE [Patient].PracticeID = '55';
--Query 2
DELETE Top(100000) [dbo].[ChartInstanceCase]
FROM Â [dbo].[ChartInstanceCase] INNER JOIN [dbo].[Case] ON [ChartInstanceCase].[CaseId]=[Case].[CaseID]Â
INNER JOIN
[dbo].[Patient] ON [Patient].[PatientID] = [Case].[PatientID]
WHERE [Patient].PracticeID = '55';
how to modify the SP 'dbo.uspCascadeDelete' to get the output as Query 2
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Apr 16, 2007
Hi,
I am trying to retrieve tables name for a database diagram within SQL database 2000 using T-SQL .I did some search Found that using dtproperties table I can get the diagrams name. but there is no information about the tables within these diagrams.
I wonder if there is any one can help on that
Regards
Tamer
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Apr 16, 2007
Hi all,
I am trying to retrieve tables name for a database diagram within SQL database 2000 using T-SQL .I did some search Found that using dtproperties table I can get the diagrams name. but there is no information about the tables within these diagrams.
I wonder if there is any one can help on that
Regards
Tamer
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I need to create a few select queries based on an er diagram.
These are my Create Table statements and import statements:
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Create Table Product (Pid integer primary key, pName text);
Create Table Supplier (Sid integer primary key, sName text);
Create table Supplies (Sid integer, Pid integer, price decimal(8,2));
.import agent.txt Agent
.import product.txt Product
.import supplier.txt Supplier
.import supplies.txt Supplies
I think I got all my create table statements are correct.
I need to Find the number of agents for each supplier that has at least one agent. The result should be tuples of the form (sid, sName, number of agents)
-Select Sid, sName, count(Aid) from Agent A join Supplier S on (S.Sid = A.Sid) group by S.Sid, S.sName, Aid;
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Im thinking I might have a problem with my create table statement and/or primary key statements?
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In last week my database was crashed and some how i managed to restore it back on SQL2K12 but after restoration all the relationships are removed and sql server is showing below message when i open diagram of the database.Table(s) were removed from the diagram because privileges were removed to these table(s) or the table(s) were dropped.how to get back all the relationships of the tables.
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Apr 23, 2007
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To create a new database diagramIn Object Explorer, right-click the Database Diagrams folder or any diagram in that folder.
Choose New Database Diagram on the shortcut menu.
The Add Table dialog box appears.
Select the required tables in the Tables list and click Add.
The tables are displayed graphically in the new database diagram.
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I am new to sqlserver.
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2) When I use "Microsoft OLE DB Provider for Oracle" for linked server, some times connection seems to get lost. On one occassion, the next day it was fine, it re-established itself.
Any ideas thnx.
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Mar 19, 2008
Can someone write for me an example query that would select all the constraints that are applied to specific table?
something like:
SELECT
FieldThatHasConstraint,
FieldTableName,
TableToWhitchThisFieldHasConstraint,
FieldOfTableToWhitchThisFieldHasConstraint
TypeOfConstraint
FROM
???
WHERE
TableThatIWantToSearchForConstraints='myTable'
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Jul 23, 2005
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Hi,I was wondering how to do this.I have a table with two columns in design view (start date, end date).How do I set it within sql server (as constraint) or whatever that thestart date less than or equal to end date?Thanks:DHRUV
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Sep 28, 2007
Hi, I want know how can I to build a query to get all the foreignkey contrains exist between tables using the sys tables, for example if the user select this two tables:
dbo.cat_states -> with this fields -> id_state & desc
dbo.cat_universities -> with this fields -> id_state, id_university & desc_university
I want get something like this:
dbo.universities.id_state = dbo.states.id_state
tks 4 help
Leo
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Jan 26, 2006
Hi,
I have a slight problem which I'm sure must be a common happening. Here's my problem.
I'm using Merge replication and I have a table the has a unique contraint on a non primary key column (the column is called [name]). The thing that goes wrong (for me) is that when a new record is added in a subscriber and a new record is added in the publisher before a synchronization and both records have the same [name] value then when the merge agent runs I get an unresolved conflict because of a unique index violation.
I've read the BOL and I'm left thinking that in order to solve this problem then I must use a custom resolver. Is this the best way of handling such a conflict? Actually if it is I'm still a little stuck as I'm not sure what I could do to help the situation inside the custom resolver anyway!!
Any help would be much appreciated.
Thanks
Graham
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Sep 25, 2006
Hi all,
I was wondering if there is an easy way to loop through all contraints in a database and programmatically set the cascade delete to ON. I have a database with hundreds of contraints, so individually setting cascade delete on them is not optimal.
Thanks for any info in advance!
I think that the constraints are simply held in one of the system datatables, is there anyway to simply update that table?
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Aug 23, 2006
Is there any easy way to truncate a table which has a foreign key restraint? I want to override the default behavior which is to not allow truncate of parent tables. I want to be able to temperarily remove the contraint so I can truncate the temple, how do you do this?
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Jul 2, 2004
First of all, this is my initial thread here on dbforums. I come from the land of Broadband Reports and would like to say, Hello fellow DB enthusiasts. :)
I'm not a novice to relational databases (Access MDBs), but new to implementing a db via SQL SERVER (2000 in this case) and using Access Data Projects.
My partial db schema is as follows:
participants
---DID (pk) char(1)
---LID (fk - schools) char(4)
---studentLast varchar(50)
---studentFirst varchar(25)
Sample Data would be
010191M001 | 5671 | SPARKS | JONATHAN
030495F283 | 5671 | DYLAN | CYNTHIA
=====================================
enrollhist (insert/update trigger for enrollactive)
---EID (pk - autonumber) bigint(8)
---EMID (fk - enrollmode) int(4)
---DID (fk - participants) char(10)
---LID (fk - schools) char(4)
---enrollactive bit(1)
Sample Data would be
38173 | 4 | 030495F283 | 9003 | 0
38266 | 3 | 010191M001 | 5671 | 0
39022 | 6 | 030495F283 | 9003 | 0
39036 | 5 | 030495F283 | 9003 | 0
39044 | 4 | 030495F283 | 5671 | 1
39117 | 4 | 010191M001 | 5671 | 1
=====================================
enrollmode
---EMID (pk) int(4)
---mode varchar(25)
Sample Data would be
1 | RECEIVED
2 | WAITING
3 | PENDING
4 | ENROLLED
5 | DROPPED
6 | TRANSFERRED
10 | ORPHANED
11 | DENIED
=====================================
schools
---LID (pk) varchar(4)
---CTID (fk - caltracks) char(1)
---AID (fk - agencies) char(1)
---SDID (fk - schooldist) char(1)
---COID (fk - countydist) char(1)
---sitename varchar(25)
---sitetitle varchar(75)
Sample Data would be
5671 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 4 | ASCOT | ASCOT AVENUE
9003 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 1 | ROWAN | ROWAN AVENUE
2865 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 3 | BRIGHT | BIRDELEE BRIGHT
=====================================
caltracks
---CTID (pk) char(1)
---legend char(4)
---trktitle varchar(15)
---trkcnt int(4)
Sample Data would be
1 | 9030 | 90/30 | 4
2 | CON6 | CONCEPT-6 | 3
3 | SNGL | SINGLE TRACK | 1
=====================================
agencies
---AID (pk) char(1)
---legend varchar(4)
---agencytitle varvhar(50)
Sample Data would be
1 | CRYS | CRYSTAL STAIRS
2 | MAOF | MEXICAN AMERICAN FOUNDATION
3 | PATH | PATHWAYS
4 | CCRC | CHILD CARE RESOURCE CENTER
5 | CHSC | CHILDREN'S HOME SOCIETY OF CALIFORNIA
==========================================
THE REMAINING "FKs" FROM SCHOOL ARE SIMILAR, as is other tables and their relationships. The design of the foreign keys were made using sql and the keyword "REFERENCES" and "FOREIGN KEY."
My questions are: :confused:
(1) Is the use of FK as a Constraint any different than using an INDEX and how?
(2) Should I Alter the Tables to include CASCADING Up/Down?
(3) Are the use of CHARs Ok for the Keys?
(4) Have I over/under-normalized any of the relationships?
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Feb 22, 2008
Is there a fast way to see, which relations a table has for his PK?
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Aug 21, 2004
I am using MSDE Manager for my database, and I was wondering, if data is entered on one table, IE UserID, shouldnt that same userID pop up in the related column on the foreign table as well?
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Jun 14, 2007
Maybe a stupid question but...
is it posible to add relations in sql compact databases (.sdf) ?
I tried in server explorer (in orcas) and there is no option for relations. Also .sdf file cannot be opened in SQL Server Express Management Studio SP2 because is version 3.5.
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Mar 26, 2008
I'm looking for some input about how I should setup my database tables. Here's the setup - There are several Report Forms that users can fill out and each one has its own table (I'll use Report1 and Report2 for examples). There are several other tables that relate to these Report tables, for example, a table named Pictures. If a user is filling out Report1 or 2, they could add a picture to it. The picture information is stored in the Picture table, along with the ReportID of the report it belongs to.
Report1 (table)intReportID (pk)vcFirstNameetc...Report2 (table)intReportID (pk)vcFirstNameetc...Pictures (table)intPictureID (pk)intReportID (fk - to match ReportID in appropriate Report table - not being allowed...)vcFilePathetc...
Right now, I've two relationships setup for the pictures table - one with the picture table ReportID as a FK to the Report1 table's ReportID PK, and another setup the same way, but for Report2.It's not letting me do this because it's looking for a matching ReportID in both the Report1 and Report2 tables for each entry in the Pictures table. A match will only ever exist for one or the other, never both.
In addition to Pictures, I have about 9 other tables that work the same way. I also have about 7 Report tables total. I'd really like to set something up so if I delete a record from a report table, it will delete all matching entries from the other tables. Does anyone know how I can go about setting this up?
Thanks very much!
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Aug 9, 2000
Hayyy
I have just made a database with 3 tables, they are now connectet with relationships.
My problem is when I write my select statement:
select * from table1 a, table2 b where a.ID=2.
I will get all the ´records from both the tables, I just want One record. Then I addes some too my select statement so it now looks like this:
select * from table1 a, table b where a.ID=2 AND a.No=b.No
Now I got the right result, but if this is the only way to do it, there is no recent to make all the relations i the DB between the tables.
Thank You... Jonas
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Jun 13, 2005
Code:
TBL1
ID User
1 Tom
2 Alice
3 Alex
4 Melissa
5 Carl
Code:
TBL2
ID User WebSite
1 Tom http://www.Tom.com
2 Alice http://www.Alice.com
3 Alex http://www.Alex.com
4 Carl http://www.Carl.com
I want to join tables above in only one query.
I tried something I couldn't.
there are 5 users in TBL1
TBL2 is for their web sites records.
But while tom,alice,alex and carl have web site,Melissa hasn't.
I want to print like below
Code:
Tom http://www.Tom.com
Alice http://www.Alice.com
Alex http://www.Alex.com
Melissa
Carl http://www.Carl.com
my tests, although users who have web site were printed, Melissa wasn't printed.
Although she hasnot a website, I want to get her , too.
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