(I wasn't sure which forum to pos this in. Let me know if you think there is a better one.)
I have an application that breaks down into two sets of data, Set A and Set B, for our purposes. Both Sets currently reside in the same database. Set A is a fairly static set of data, changing maybe once a week, if not less often. Set B is empty at first but it has a lot of dependencies to Set A. Items are chosen from Set A to fill Set B but never the otherway around.
Here is the problem. We continue to copy the "master" database whenever a new customer signs up. The problem is, anytime we have to update data on Set A we have to do it across multiple databases. Set B is never copied as its customer owned.
What I would like to do is create a separate database that contains Set A data only. Whenever we have a new customer, I create a new database that contains Set B only. I have done so, but the relationships and constraints cannot be done unless I use triggers and procedures.
Is there anyway to achieve what I am trying to do without using triggers and procedures?
There are several databases (currently in Access) that are being moved to SQL Server. Would prefer keeping those databases separate in SQL Server. How do you do something similar to Access's "link" capabilities and relate tables in different physical databases? For example, relate the authors of a document in a document database to persons in a people database where AuthorID in Docs.DocAuthors.AuthorID is related to People.Persons.PersonID
I know this is probably a flick of a switch but I cannot figure out which switch. Setup is SQL Server / Stored Procedures / DAL / BLL(skipped for testing) / PL. The stored procedure queries from only one table and two columns are ignored because they are being phased out. I can run the stored procedure and preview the data in the DAL but when I create a page with an ODS linked to the DAL and a GridView I get this error. I checked every column that does not allow nulls and they all have values. I checked unique columns (ID is the only unique and is Identity=Yes in the table definition). I checked foreign-key columns for values that are not in the foreign table and there are none. Any ideas why do I get this? Failed to enable constraints. One or more rows contain values violating non-null, unique, or foreign-key constraints.
Hi, I am getting the above error when trying to load a report into my Web Application, I have tracked the error down to one specific field in my database. Even though this field is a NVarChar field and is of size 30 it would seem that there is an issue returning the value from the field. I can write it into the database no problems but when I try to get it out of the database it returns the above error. e.g MOB 401.908.804 - Fails 0401.907.324 - okay 8239 9082 (pager) - fails Anyone got an idea on how to fix this???? Regards.. Peter.
Ok, so I open up a book on beginning sql and it discusses relationships.There is something that appears wrong. I am not understanding how the book is describing the one to one relationship. In it's figure, it shows that the same agency can have two different artist id's. But according to it's definition of one to one list can be related from both tables.Can someone explain this further please?Thanks in advance.
How do you show many to many relationships in ASP.NET with datasources? I can retrieve the information from the database easily but I can't manage to save that information into a variable so that i can then call for only information in the M2M table related to the ID Key I want. For example..1 <asp:Label ID="lblTestLabel" Text='<%# DataBinder.Eval(Container.DataItem, "title_id") %>' Runat="server" /> 2 3 <script language="VB" runat="server"> 4 sub Page_Load(sender as Object, e as EventArgs) 5 Dim lblTitleID As Label = Repeater1.FindControl("lblTestLabel") 6 Response.Write(lblTitleID.text) 7 End Sub 8 </script>
When I try to run this script it dosn't work and I get the error: System.NullReferenceException: Object reference not set to an instance of an object. For line 6 of the code above. Is there a way to just retrieve information from a datasource without storing information into a label first? PS: I use sqldatasource tags to retrieve information like:1 <asp:SqlDataSource ID="DataSet1" runat="server" 2 ConnectionString="Driver={MySQL ODBC 3.51 Driver};server=localhost;database=;user=;pwd=;option=3;" 3 ProviderName="System.Data.Odbc" 4 SelectCommand="Select * from titles order by title_id"> 5 </asp:SqlDataSource>
Can someone help me sort something out. Suppose we have two tables in a database.One is named Person, and one is named Birthday. Is this a many to many relationshipor a 1 to many relationship? Person has many birthdays. Example. Joe Schmoe has a birthday for every year of his life. birthday(7/11/1976) has many People (Many people have a birthday on 7/11/1976.
Is there any easy way of getting all the relationships for the tables in aSQL server db? I've looked through Google and the Books online but I'm barely scratching the surface on the systables. I know I can go to each individual table and get the dependencies or even print out the diagram through Enterprise Manager but I really don't want to have to type out all the primary/foreign keys for 100+ tables. Any help on getting this data either through a 3rd party software or querying the systables would be great.
We have a table with approximately 150 colums and 2/3 of them are bit datatypes. We do not expect much activity on this table. Does it make sense to separate it into a few tables instead of 1 with one-to-one relationships? Will the join(s) significantly slow down our web application? Thank you
My hosting servers have "myLittleAdmin" installed. I am new to ms sql I have some experience with Access but I have never set up Relationships inside the database server. I have always just relied on my application logic to call the relations. What is the benefit to setting up relationships in sql, if any?
Hey, I have SQL Sever Enterpise Manager. I am new at this company and I need to know the relationships between ALL the tables. Is there anywhere I can go to view all the primary keys and the relationships?
Is it possible to have 2 different databases and create relationships inbetween the two? I am thinking about way down the road and the size of the databases and I believe that I need to split my data into multiple databases to keep from running into the size limitations.
Ok, so I open up a book on beginning sql and it discusses relationships. There is something that appears wrong. I am not understanding how the book is describing the one to one relationship. In it's figure, it shows that the same agency can have two different artist id's. But according to it's definition of one to one list can be related from both tables.
I have a really small database in terms of number of objects, but very big in terms of data (possibly millions of records). I always try to design my databases to be in the 3rd normal form (at least I hope they are!), but sometimes (for databases consisting of just a few tables) maintaining M:N relationships looks like an over-bloated approach to me... Let's see an actual example. I have a table like this:
Code SnippetCreate table [Airfares] ( [OriginCity] Char(3) NOT NULL, [DestCity] Char(3) NOT NULL, [FareDate] Datetime Default getdate() NOT NULL, [Price] Decimal(9,2) Default 0 NOT NULL, [PriceChange] Decimal(9,2) Default 0 NOT NULL, [Wrong] Bit Default 0 NOT NULL, Primary Key ([OriginCity],[DestCity],[FareDate]) ) go
Now, at first there also was an Airline nvarchar(50) field, which stored the airline name. But now the client requested to store fares for a few airlines if it's the same price and city pair. This way we can have 3 airlines offering the same price on the same itinerary for example. So I added a dictionary table called Airlines:
Code SnippetCreate table [Airlines] ( [AirlineCode] Char(2) NOT NULL, [Name] Nvarchar(50) NOT NULL, Primary Key ([AirlineCode]) ) go
Now, there are two things I can do. We are obviously dealing with the M:N relationship type here. I can either add another nvarchar column in the first table, like Airlines nvarchar(255) and store something like 'AA,AB,AC' there - those would be airline codes. OR I could do it the proper way and create a cross-reference table which will connect both Airfares and Airlines tables (this will store as many records as there are airlines for that particular itinerary, offerring the same price):
Code SnippetCreate table [AirfareAirlines] ( [AirlineCode] Char(2) NOT NULL, [OriginCity] Char(3) NOT NULL, [DestCity] Char(3) NOT NULL, [FareDate] Datetime Default getdate() NOT NULL, Primary Key ([AirlineCode],[OriginCity],[DestCity],[FareDate]) ) go
But this is starting to look overly complicated, isn't it? The pros of this are I'm going to get real relationships, referential integrity, etc., but cons are more difficult code to query all this. What would you do? Do we really need referential integrity everywhere? Are there times when we're better not using relationships? I have seen many programmers skip referential integrity before, which always made me think they are missing something important in a Relational Database Management System.
Dear Readers,Is it possible, like in Access, to link to tables in other SQL databases that are on the same server? I have a query that I originally had in Access that queered from multiply databases. It did this by having those other tables in the other databases linked to the database that had the query.
Ok - I am still a bit weak on SQL. My understanding of FK relationships in a database are to reinforce the data integrity - Correct? For example, does it make sure that the id given for SiteID does indeed exists. Can it link tables like JOIN in select statements? If not, is there any gains by creating them, such as performance?
So, as you can see, at first it appears that I'm after a LEFT JOIN - meaning that the grandparents don't need to have child records to be returned, but, then it turns out that I need INNER JOINS - to limit grandparents when I choose children.
Hi I am using the Web Matrix Project to write a .NET application. I have set up a database using MSDE which I accessed through the Web Matrix Project to start with. I have now found the Web Data Administrator which I use to backup my database and help to transfer it to the Server where I hope to run this application (if I ever get it finished!).
I need to set up some relationships between database tables but cannot see a way to do this. SQL Server Books on Line referes to Enterprise Manager which I believe ships with the full MS SQL Server package (and costs a package). I am doing this on a shoe-string. Any ideas on how to do it?
Hi, sorry if this comes across as a stupid question, but i'm new to SQL. I have had a look on Google and on these forums but not found the answer.. I am running MS SQL 7 with a database containing around 130 tables.. i want to know if there is a query/command that i can type that will look through all the tables and tell me which ones reference a specified table (through it's key). Hope this makes sense! i've looked at some of the stored procedures but not found any that give me anything useful.
EDIT: Just so you are aware, i did not create this database, hence why i am not aware of the relationships myself, i have only just started working on it.
I'm upgrading my sites forum to a newer version. I've tried, unsuccessfully so far, to transfer member details, threads and posts to the new format. I say unsuccessfully but I have made it work once by deleting the Index's and Relationships on tables and re-entering them after transfer but his ended up screwing with the regestration of new members. Before I become more frustrated than I already am, could I run something by you guys with the experience you have.
If I delete the Rels and Indx's again, then move all my tables over and then run this code through my browser, will the Indexs and Relationships find their way back to the right place?
Part 1
Code:
strSQL = "CREATE INDEX [Ban_ID] ON [" & strDBO & "].[" & strDbTable & "BanList]([Ban_ID]) ON [PRIMARY]"
'Write to the database adoCon.Execute(strSQL)
strSQL = "CREATE UNIQUE INDEX [Cat_ID] ON [" & strDBO & "].[" & strDbTable & "Category]([Cat_ID]) ON [PRIMARY]"
'Write to the database adoCon.Execute(strSQL)
strSQL = "CREATE INDEX [" & strDbTable & "Group_ID] ON [" & strDBO & "].[" & strDbTable & "Group]([Group_ID]) ON [PRIMARY]"
'Write to the database adoCon.Execute(strSQL)
strSQL = "CREATE INDEX [Poll_ID] ON [" & strDBO & "].[" & strDbTable & "Poll]([Poll_ID]) ON [PRIMARY]"
'Write to the database adoCon.Execute(strSQL)
strSQL = "CREATE INDEX [Author_ID] ON [" & strDBO & "].[" & strDbTable & "Author]([Author_ID]) ON [PRIMARY]"
'Write to the database adoCon.Execute(strSQL)
strSQL = "CREATE INDEX [Group_ID] ON [" & strDBO & "].[" & strDbTable & "Author]([Group_ID]) ON [PRIMARY]"
'Write to the database adoCon.Execute(strSQL)
strSQL = "CREATE INDEX [" & strDbTable & "Group" & strDbTable & "Author] ON [" & strDBO & "].[" & strDbTable & "Author]([Group_ID]) ON [PRIMARY]"
'Write to the database adoCon.Execute(strSQL)
strSQL = "CREATE UNIQUE INDEX [User_code] ON [" & strDBO & "].[" & strDbTable & "Author]([User_code]) ON [PRIMARY]"
'Write to the database adoCon.Execute(strSQL)
strSQL = "CREATE UNIQUE INDEX [Username] ON [" & strDBO & "].[" & strDbTable & "Author]([Username]) ON [PRIMARY]"
'Write to the database adoCon.Execute(strSQL)
strSQL = "CREATE INDEX [Cat_ID] ON [" & strDBO & "].[" & strDbTable & "Forum]([Cat_ID]) ON [PRIMARY]"
'Write to the database adoCon.Execute(strSQL)
strSQL = "CREATE INDEX [Sub_ID] ON [" & strDBO & "].[" & strDbTable & "Forum]([Sub_ID]) ON [PRIMARY]"
'Write to the database adoCon.Execute(strSQL)
strSQL = "CREATE INDEX [Last_post_author_ID] ON [" & strDBO & "].[" & strDbTable & "Forum]([Last_post_author_ID]) ON [PRIMARY]"
'Write to the database adoCon.Execute(strSQL)
strSQL = "CREATE INDEX [" & strDbTable & "Categories" & strDbTable & "Forum] ON [" & strDBO & "].[" & strDbTable & "Forum]([Cat_ID]) ON [PRIMARY]"
'Write to the database adoCon.Execute(strSQL)
strSQL = "CREATE INDEX [Choice_ID] ON [" & strDBO & "].[" & strDbTable & "PollChoice]([Choice_ID]) ON [PRIMARY]"
'Write to the database adoCon.Execute(strSQL)
strSQL = "CREATE INDEX [Poll_ID] ON [" & strDBO & "].[" & strDbTable & "PollChoice]([Poll_ID]) ON [PRIMARY]"
'Write to the database adoCon.Execute(strSQL)
strSQL = "CREATE INDEX [" & strDbTable & "Polls" & strDbTable & "PollChoice] ON [" & strDBO & "].[" & strDbTable & "PollChoice]([Poll_ID]) ON [PRIMARY]"
'Write to the database adoCon.Execute(strSQL)
strSQL = "CREATE INDEX [Address_ID] ON [" & strDBO & "].[" & strDbTable & "BuddyList]([Address_ID]) ON [PRIMARY]"
'Write to the database adoCon.Execute(strSQL)
strSQL = "CREATE INDEX [Author_ID] ON [" & strDBO & "].[" & strDbTable & "BuddyList]([Buddy_ID]) ON [PRIMARY]"
'Write to the database adoCon.Execute(strSQL)
strSQL = "CREATE INDEX [Buddy_ID] ON [" & strDBO & "].[" & strDbTable & "BuddyList]([Author_ID]) ON [PRIMARY]"
'Write to the database adoCon.Execute(strSQL)
strSQL = "CREATE INDEX [" & strDbTable & "Author" & strDbTable & "BuddyList] ON [" & strDBO & "].[" & strDbTable & "BuddyList]([Buddy_ID]) ON [PRIMARY]"
'Write to the database adoCon.Execute(strSQL)
strSQL = "CREATE INDEX [Author_ID] ON [" & strDBO & "].[" & strDbTable & "EmailNotify]([Author_ID]) ON [PRIMARY]"
'Write to the database adoCon.Execute(strSQL)
strSQL = "CREATE INDEX [Forum_ID] ON [" & strDBO & "].[" & strDbTable & "EmailNotify]([Forum_ID]) ON [PRIMARY]"
'Write to the database adoCon.Execute(strSQL)
strSQL = "CREATE INDEX [" & strDbTable & "Author" & strDbTable & "TopicWatch] ON [" & strDBO & "].[" & strDbTable & "EmailNotify]([Author_ID]) ON [PRIMARY]"
'Write to the database adoCon.Execute(strSQL)
strSQL = "CREATE INDEX [Toipc_ID] ON [" & strDBO & "].[" & strDbTable & "EmailNotify]([Topic_ID]) ON [PRIMARY]"
'Write to the database adoCon.Execute(strSQL)
strSQL = "CREATE INDEX [Watch_ID] ON [" & strDBO & "].[" & strDbTable & "EmailNotify]([Watch_ID]) ON [PRIMARY]"
'Write to the database adoCon.Execute(strSQL)
strSQL = "CREATE INDEX [Auhor_ID] ON [" & strDBO & "].[" & strDbTable & "PMMessage]([Author_ID]) ON [PRIMARY]"
'Write to the database adoCon.Execute(strSQL)
strSQL = "CREATE INDEX [From_ID] ON [" & strDBO & "].[" & strDbTable & "PMMessage]([From_ID]) ON [PRIMARY]"
'Write to the database adoCon.Execute(strSQL)
strSQL = "CREATE INDEX [Message_ID] ON [" & strDBO & "].[" & strDbTable & "PMMessage]([PM_ID]) ON [PRIMARY]"
'Write to the database adoCon.Execute(strSQL)
strSQL = "CREATE INDEX [" & strDbTable & "Author" & strDbTable & "PMMessage] ON [" & strDBO & "].[" & strDbTable & "PMMessage]([From_ID]) ON [PRIMARY]"
'Write to the database adoCon.Execute(strSQL)
strSQL = "CREATE INDEX [" & strDbTable & "Forum_ID] ON [" & strDBO & "].[" & strDbTable & "Permissions]([Forum_ID]) ON [PRIMARY]"
'Write to the database adoCon.Execute(strSQL)
strSQL = "CREATE INDEX [" & strDbTable & "Forum" & strDbTable & "Permissions] ON [" & strDBO & "].[" & strDbTable & "Permissions]([Forum_ID]) ON [PRIMARY]"
'Write to the database adoCon.Execute(strSQL)
strSQL = "CREATE INDEX [" & strDbTable & "Group_ID] ON [" & strDBO & "].[" & strDbTable & "Permissions]([Group_ID]) ON [PRIMARY]"
'Write to the database adoCon.Execute(strSQL)
strSQL = "CREATE INDEX [Forum_ID] ON [" & strDBO & "].[" & strDbTable & "Topic]([Forum_ID]) ON [PRIMARY]"
'Write to the database adoCon.Execute(strSQL)
strSQL = "CREATE INDEX [Poll_ID] ON [" & strDBO & "].[" & strDbTable & "Topic]([Poll_ID]) ON [PRIMARY]"
'Write to the database adoCon.Execute(strSQL)
strSQL = "CREATE INDEX [Start_Thread_ID] ON [" & strDBO & "].[" & strDbTable & "Topic]([Start_Thread_ID]) ON [PRIMARY]"
'Write to the database adoCon.Execute(strSQL)
strSQL = "CREATE INDEX [Last_Thread_ID] ON [" & strDBO & "].[" & strDbTable & "Topic]([Last_Thread_ID]) ON [PRIMARY]"
'Write to the database adoCon.Execute(strSQL)
strSQL = "CREATE INDEX [Moved_ID] ON [" & strDBO & "].[" & strDbTable & "Topic]([Moved_ID]) ON [PRIMARY]"
'Write to the database adoCon.Execute(strSQL)
strSQL = "CREATE INDEX [" & strDbTable & "Forum" & strDbTable & "Topic] ON [" & strDBO & "].[" & strDbTable & "Topic]([Forum_ID]) ON [PRIMARY]"
'Write to the database adoCon.Execute(strSQL)
strSQL = "CREATE INDEX [Topic_ID] ON [" & strDBO & "].[" & strDbTable & "Topic]([Topic_ID]) ON [PRIMARY]"
'Write to the database adoCon.Execute(strSQL)
strSQL = "CREATE INDEX [Message_date] ON [" & strDBO & "].[" & strDbTable & "Thread]([Message_date]) ON [PRIMARY]"
'Write to the database adoCon.Execute(strSQL)
strSQL = "CREATE INDEX [Message_ID] ON [" & strDBO & "].[" & strDbTable & "Thread]([Thread_ID]) ON [PRIMARY]"
'Write to the database adoCon.Execute(strSQL)
strSQL = "CREATE INDEX [" & strDbTable & "Author" & strDbTable & "Thread] ON [" & strDBO & "].[" & strDbTable & "Thread]([Author_ID]) ON [PRIMARY]"
'Write to the database adoCon.Execute(strSQL)
strSQL = "CREATE INDEX [" & strDbTable & "Topic" & strDbTable & "Thread] ON [" & strDBO & "].[" & strDbTable & "Thread]([Topic_ID]) ON [PRIMARY]"
'Write to the database adoCon.Execute(strSQL)
strSQL = "CREATE INDEX [Topic_ID] ON [" & strDBO & "].[" & strDbTable & "Thread]([Topic_ID]) ON [PRIMARY]"
'Write to the database adoCon.Execute(strSQL)
strSQL = "CREATE INDEX [Guest_ID] ON [" & strDBO & "].[" & strDbTable & "GuestName]([Guest_ID]) ON [PRIMARY] "
'Write to the database adoCon.Execute(strSQL)
strSQL = "CREATE INDEX [" & strDbTable & "Thread" & strDbTable & "GuestName] ON [" & strDBO & "].[" & strDbTable & "GuestName]([Thread_ID]) ON [PRIMARY]"
'Write to the database adoCon.Execute(strSQL)
strSQL = "CREATE INDEX [Thread_ID] ON [" & strDBO & "].[" & strDbTable & "GuestName]([Thread_ID]) ON [PRIMARY]"
'Write to the database adoCon.Execute(strSQL)
strSQL = "CREATE UNIQUE INDEX [Session_ID] ON [" & strDBO & "].[" & strDbTable & "Session]([Session_ID]) ON [PRIMARY]"
'Write to the database adoCon.Execute(strSQL)
'If an error has occured write an error to the page If Err.Number <> 0 Then Response.Write("<br />Error Creating one or more Indexs <br />" & Err.description & "<br /><br />")
'Reset error object Err.Number = 0
'Set the error boolean to True blnErrorOccured = True End If
Is there a way to create a supertype/subtype table in sql server 2000 or is supertype/subtype an abstract idea rather than an option on creating a table?
i would like to set up a supertype table:
person personid firstname lastname
and two subtype tables:
employee id personId ss#
customer id personId someOtherInfo
how do i set this up so that I cant have the same personid in employee and customer. How do i make sure that the personid is in either one or the other.
I am starting a new project and somebody told me at work that if I create relationships (foreign keys) between my tables, it makes the database slower, the best way is to "link" the tables using sql instructions like inner/outer join. Is that true?
I have an asset schema problem which I'm not too sure how to resolve....
I have an asset table which stores values common to all asset types. I have created seperate asset type tables(VehicleAssetDetail, PropertyAssetDetail, InvestmentAssetDetail) to store their specific details.
This in turn creates 1:1 relationships between "Asset" table and the respective detail tables.
If I were to store all the details in the "Asset" table it would cause a lot of redundancy bearing in my mind there are about four other asset type details I have excluded from the schema.
Are the 1:1 relationships bad? If they are, how do I resolve them without throwing all the columns from the asset details tables into the Asset table?
Attached is a 15Kb gif image of the schema. I'd really appreciate any help with this... :) Thanks.
While in the design window of a table, I click the properties button and click the Relationships tab. Here everything is grayed out, and I can't drag and drop to create relationships in my Diagram either. Its like things are locked up right now. Can any of you give me some direction? thanks
Hi, I'm slightly familiar with using access to do databasing, but I am now working with sql server and visual studio 2008 programming in vb. This is probably very simple, but I am trying to call a table from a dataset into a datagrid, but the information in the table needs to be relative. This is why I need to create a relationship, however I am unsure how to. I'm not sure if this is done within the sql server or within vs2008 in vb? The tables I am trying to relate are Financial and Demographics with the PK and FK being Patient ID. Can someone please point me to an example or give me a simple one that will explain how I can do this?
