I have a table called tblImages with the following columns:
ImageID [int]
UserID [int]
MainImg [bit]
what i need to ensure is that only one MainImage can be = 1 (true) for each userId at any one time.
any idea what i need to do?
alex
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.
View 8 Replies View RelatedHelloWhat should I use for better perfomance sinceunique constraint always use index ?ThanksKamil
View 5 Replies View RelatedWhat'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?
We are using SQL CE 3.5 on tablet PCs, that synchs with our host SQL 2005 Server using Microsoft Synchronization Services. On the tablets, when inserting a record, we get the following error:
A duplicate value cannot be inserted into a unique index. [ Table name = refRegTitle,Constraint name = PK_refRegTitle
But the only PK on this table is RegTitleID.
The table structure is:
[RegTitleID] [int] IDENTITY(1,1) NOT NULL,
[RegTitleNumber] [int] NOT NULL,
[RegTitleDescription] [varchar](200) NOT NULL,
[FacilityTypeID] [int] NOT NULL,
[Active] [bit] NOT NULL,
The problem occurs when a Title Number is inserted and a record with that number already exists. There is no unique constraint on Title Number.
Has anyone else experienced this?
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
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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I only want to ensure that when this field is updated, it is updated with a value that has not been used.
IF EXISTS (SELECT Project FROM tbProjects WHERE Project = @cProject)
RAISERROR('Project number already used!',16,1)
ELSE
UPDATE tbProjects SET Project = @cProject WHERE ProjectID = @iProjectID
GO
Also, I cannot allow the user to chante the project field value once it is set.
Any suggestions?
Mike B
Anybody knows how to make two columns in a table unique?
View 1 Replies View Relatedi'm just creating a table, no data as yet.
i have a varchar(15) fld with Nulls NOT allowed
i want to create a constraint that this field named ipkey be UNIQUE.
I'm having trouble with the syntax for the constraint expression.
i've typed in the SQL Server Managment Studio Express Expression field:
UNIQUE(ipkey)
and
@unq_ipkey UNIQUE(ipkey)
SQL Server Managment Studio Express complains:
"Error validating constrating, do you want to edit expression"
So - what am i doing wrong?
And thanks for taking the time to help.
Hi,
I have a table with two column, c1 and c2. c1 is set as primary key. I want c2 to be set with unique constraint.
I choose this talbe in object explorer, right click and select modify. Then I choose "index/key" from "table designer" menu.
The problem is that in the "index/key" dialog, the "Columns" item (under General) is always c1. if I click the "..." button to popup "index column", I could only choose either "c1" or <None> under "column name" dropdownlist.
How could I choose c2 and set unique constraint on it?
Thx
Tao
Hi,
I need to define a constraint , to prevent some fields of a table to be duplicated, How can i define this constraint ?
Here is the table I created:
create table Test (
[recId] [int] identity(1, 1) not null,
[code] [varchar](50) not null,
[prime] [bit] not null constraint [DF_Test_prime] default (cast(0 as bit)),
constraint [PK_Test] primary key clustered
(
[recId]
) with fillfactor = 90 on [primary]
) on [primary]
go
insert into Test (code, prime) values ('AVA', cast(1 as bit))
insert into Test (code, prime) values ('BUS', cast(1 as bit))
insert into Test (code, prime) values ('BUS', cast(0 as bit))
insert into Test (code, prime) values ('BUS', cast(0 as bit))
insert into Test (code, prime) values ('CAR', cast(1 as bit))
insert into Test (code, prime) values ('CAR', cast(0 as bit))
insert into Test (code, prime) values ('RLW', cast(1 as bit))
insert into Test (code, prime) values ('RLW', cast(0 as bit))
insert into Test (code, prime) values ('RLW', cast(0 as bit))
select *
from Test
I need to create a constraint on this table that will not allow me to have two rows that are prime for the same code. So the following insert statement should fail:
-- This should fail
insert into Test (code, prime) values ('RLW', cast(1 as bit))
Thanks for you help!
Regards,
Anand
Hi All,
I am trying to catch a specfic unique key constraint in a table.
i my table i have two fields USERID And EMAILID and i set both to unique.
now on registration form i am checking that USERID or EMAIID is already present or not.
by taking ex.number =2627 i am not able to find which unique key constraint is getting violated.
is there any other way to find it.
thanks in advance.
I am attempting to create a unique constraint on an nvarchar field named theology (it is not the primary key field)
that allows nulls. The table contains multiple rows with the value of null for
field theology. The documentation says one can create a unique constraint on a
field with all unique value except for null. Here is the error message:
'testtable1' table
- Unable to create index 'IX_testtable1'.
ODBC error: [Microsoft][ODBC SQL Server Driver][SQL Server]CREATE UNIQUE INDEX
terminated because a duplicate key was found. Most significant primary key
is ''.
[Microsoft][ODBC SQL Server Driver][SQL Server]Could not create constraint. See
previous errors.
Any ideas? I am creating a unique constraint and not a unique index. Is there
some other database option to set to allow this?
.
when we use Unique constraint over a column it allows null values.
but then null values are duplicating, how is that?
thanks
Hi All:
Is there a way to create a unique constraint with 4 fields combined, such as colA, colB, colC, and colD.
but colD is for all the values but value = 3.
If this does not work out, trigger probably is the last way I would like to approach. and it is slower than constraint with many inserts.
thanks
David
I want to add a unique constraint on 3 fields, to only allow the value in the field ONE time. The value will NEVER be the same for anything else. This is the table structure
Code:
Create Table Employees
(
P_Id int NOT NULL,
InstructorName varchar(255) NOT NULL,
CourseName varchar(100) NOT NULL,
DataTableName varchar(100) NOT NULL
)
I want to create a unique constraint across the fields Instructorname, CourseName, DataTableName as their is ONLY 1 instructor per course per table so those 3 fields will ALWAYS hold unique values. I think the constraint syntax would go like so, but want to check before I go butchering some sql syntax.
constraint syntax:
Code:
Alter Table Employees
Contstraint uniqueEmployee Unique (InstructorName ,CourseName ,DataTableName )
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
What is the difference between unqiue constraint and unique index? What are the pros and cons? Are they interchangable?
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hi
i create a sample table by this code and insert some values to it :
create table test(
c1 int,
c2 int)
insert test select 1,2
insert test select 2,44
insert test select 3,56
now, i want to add new column with unique constraint by this code :
alter table test
add c3 int unique
but the following error has shown me :
Msg 1505, Level 16, State 1, Line 1
CREATE UNIQUE INDEX terminated because a duplicate key was found for object name 'dbo.test' and index name 'UQ__test__2D27B809'. The duplicate key value is (<NULL>).
Msg 1750, Level 16, State 0, Line 1
Could not create constraint. See previous errors.
The statement has been terminated.
where does my problem and how to solve it ?
thaniks
Hello...
I was confused with UNIQUE key. Its easy to create PRIMARY KEY to the Table. Now how to alter the Table to have UNIQUE key...
Thanks
Ganesh
Solutions are easy. Understanding the problem, now, that's the hard part
I like to use the management console to design tables, but have
been unable to figure out how to add a unique column constraint.
I have a primary key defined in col1 and want to make col2, char(10),
unique, but keep col1 as the primary key.
I have tried the Check constraint menu path, but do not know how
to write the expression.
If I go along the Indexes/Key path, I am forced to change the primary
key which I do not want to do.
Can anyone help?
TIA, Joe
I'm trying to clean-up certain Phone Types and I need to update Phone Types system wide, but certain constraints are holding me back...I'm just getting the error:
Violation of UNIQUE KEY constraint 'IX_co_customer_x_phone'. Cannot insert duplicate key in object 'co_customer_x_phone'.
The statement has been terminated. Strange thing is I can add certain statements to my where clause to find an exact customer and change their phone type, but when I want to change the phone type system wide I get this error.
update co_customer_x_phone
set cph_pht_key = '47961833-C53A-4223-8229-4453350934F7'
FROM co_customer_x_phone (NOLOCK)
LEFT JOIN co_phone_type (NOLOCK)
on pht_key = cph_pht_key
JOIN co_customer cst (NOLOCK)
ON cph_cst_key = cst.cst_key
JOIN co_phone (NOLOCK)
ON cph_phn_key=phn_key
where cph_pht_key='2E486DF9-7A16-47F6-83BA-A304746F50DE'
how can i apply unique cosntraint in an existing table's column
i want to do it like this as below
sql server enterprise manager ==> DB==>table (R.click)==>design table
Is it possible to create a unique constraint on two tables?In mssql2000?
View 7 Replies View RelatedI have an existing table:CREATE TABLE TestQuestions (qIdintNOT NULLIDENTITY(1,1)CONSTRAINTPK_TestQuestions PRIMARY KEY NONCLUSTERED,testIdintNOT NULLREFERENCESTests(testId)ON DELETE CASCADE,objectiveIdvarchar(30)NULLqTypeintNOT NULLCONSTRAINTDF_TestQuestions_qType DEFAULT (0),)And I'd like to add the constraint:ALTER TABLE TestQuestions ALTER COLUMN objectiveIdCONSTRAINT U_TestQuestions UNIQUE NONCLUSTERED (testId, objectiveId)Although obviously that's not the correct syntax. Could you tell mewhat *is* the correct syntax?Thanks,-- Rick
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View 2 Replies View RelatedHi,
I have a column in a table in SQL Server 2000 that needs to be unique while ignoring nulls. In other words, more than one record can have nulls, but all non-null values in that column must be unique. When I try to create a unique constraint on this column, the system complains that it can't do it because of duplicate data. The only thing that is duplicate are the nulls. It seems that SQL Server (2000, anyway) considers Nulls when enforceing uniqueness. Does anyone know how to get around this?
Thanks!
Hi,
I have a table in OLTP DB which I synchronize every 1/2 an hour to my DWH.
The records in the OLTP DB can be deleted, but, in the DWH they must be saved, so I have there an additional field IsDeleted (values 0/1).
I have three columns in the original table, say:
ItemID int (PK)
ItemName int
ParentID int
I have unique index on the ItemName and the ParentID.
The problem is that if an Item deleted in OLTP DB I change its IsDeleted field from 0 to 1 in DWH, now if it recreated in the OLTP DB it has a new ItemID but, the ItemName and ParentID are same as the deleted Item. When I try to insert the new Item to the DWH I getting unique constraint violation error because I didn't delete the old Item just changed its IsDeleted field from 0 to 1 when deleted.
What I need is a way to make sure that I have uniqueness if the IsDeleted = 0, but, I can have many non-unique values when IsDeleted = 1.
10X
Can I create a unique constraint on a column that can contain null values?
I need the control of the non null values (must be unique)...null is Ok if there's more than one.
I tried creating a unique constraint but i'm getting the error (duplicate keys <null>)