Foreign Kew, How Do I Get To Know To Which Table
Apr 27, 2008it is attributed ?
Hi everyone,
My table contains columns that are goreign keys to other tables. How can i tell to which table/column each fk is attributed ?
Thanks
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Query To Only Display Information From One Table Where The Foreign Key Doesnt Exist In The Other Table.
Nov 28, 2006I want to make a query, stored procedure, or whatever which will only display the primary key where there does no exist a foreign key in linked table.For example. If I had two tables with a one to many relationship.A [Computer] has one or more [Hard Drives]. I want to select only those computers which do not have a Hard Drive(s) associated with them. That is, show all computers where the Computer_ID field in the [Hard Drives] table does not exist. This seems simple but I'm drawing a blank here.
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Jun 29, 2015I need to delete records from a table (Table1) which has a foreign key column in a related table (Table2).
Table1 columns are: table1Id; Name. Table2 columns include Table2.table1Id which is the foreign key to Table1.
What is the syntax to delete records from Table1 using Table1.Name='some name' and remove any records in Table2 that have Table2.table1Id equal to Table1.table1Id?
SQL Server Admin 2014 :: Few Record Loss In Table Primary Key Where Same Records Exists In Foreign Key Table?
Jun 21, 2015Previously same records exists in table having primary key and table having foreign key . we have faced 7 records were lost from primary key table but same record exists in foreign key table.
View 3 Replies View RelatedCannot Truncate Table 'Database.dbo.Table' Because It Is Being Referenced By A FOREIGN KEY Constraint..
Aug 23, 2006 Here is my issue I am new to 2005 sql server, and am trying to take my old data which is exported to a txt file and import it to tables in sql. The older database is non relational, and I had made several exports for the way I want to build my tables. I built my packages fine and everything is working until I start building relationships. I remove my foreign key and the table with the primary key will get updated for the package again. I need to update the data daily into sql, and once in it will only be update from the package until the database is moved over.
It will run and update with a primary key until I add a foreign key to another database.
Here is my error when running the package when table 2 has a foreign key.
[Execute SQL Task] Error: Executing the query "TRUNCATE TABLE [consumer].[dbo].[Client] " failed with the following error: "Cannot truncate table 'consumer.dbo.Client' because it is being referenced by a FOREIGN KEY constraint.". Possible failure reasons: Problems with the query, "ResultSet" property not set correctly, parameters not set correctly, or connection not established correctly.
Columns In Primary Table And Foreign Key Table
Feb 12, 2007mahesh writes "HI,
I am new to sql server.
can anybody help me
I have a table named tblqualificationmaster.
can i know the foreignkeys and the table related to this
tblqualificationmaster having foeign keys using stored procedure."
Foreign Key In A Table
Apr 11, 2008For this example suppose than we a have a DB in SQL Server 2000 with the tables Client, Orders and DetailOrders. the field for each one are:
Client: id_Cliente, Name_client
Orders: id_Order, fk_client, date
DetailOrders: id_Detail, fk_Order, Product
Between all this tables exist one or more foreign key restriction but I don't know them. However I know than exist a row in the SYSOBJECTS (system table) per each one of the foreing key restriction, using this information I want to build a query than back to me something like this:
Type Table1 Field1 Table2 Field2
--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
FK Orders fk_Client Clients id_Client
FK DetailOrders fk_Order Orders id_OrderFK
Somebody can tell me hoy can i do it?
tks 4 help.
Leo.
New Table To ASPNetDb.mdf And Foreign Key
Nov 30, 2006I was thinking of adding tables to ASPNetDB.mdf and have one of those tables have column userid as a foreign key from aspnet_Users
When I try to create relationship in Diagram, I get error saying that "data typ properties does not match"
userid in aspNet_Users is uniqueidentifier and userid (fk) in new table is int
What should I use, should I do that at all?
Thanks
Delete A Table With Foreign Key
Aug 25, 2007Hi how do i to delete a table with a foreign key?
When i try to delete the table i get error 3726
any?
Assigning Two Foreign Key To One Table
Jun 9, 2008hi all
can we assign two foreign key to one table .
How To Add PK As Foreign Key To Existing Table
Dec 27, 2013I have created two tables in phpMyAdmin 3.5.8.1. comments which stores comments users post on a website and registration which stores a users registration details (username, password, e-mail etc, etc).
I want to add the username field from the registration table as a foreign key to the comments table. How do I do this in phpMyAdmin?
Joining More Than One Table Without Foreign Key .
Dec 19, 2007use default pubs database in sqlserver2000.
use authors table and publishers table.
Write a query to list first name, last of all authors
and name of the publisher (if any) present in the same city
as the author. If no publisher is present in the city
where the author is located then the column should contain a
NULL value. If there is more than one publisher in the city
where the author is located, then the details of
the author are to be repeated for each publisher.
but there is no field match between authors table and publishers table.
2 Different Foreign Keys In One Table
Jun 13, 2006There is itemlookup table, which stores item number and itemdescription. Also there is a child table, pricehistory, of theitemlookup table, which stores different prices and different dateranges. So it is one-to-many relationship. (Price can be stored morethan one with a different date range)And there is another table RequestItem that stores the foreign key ofthe itemlookup table to show the information of the itemlookup table.Then how do I know later which date range of the price was stored inthe RequestItem table? Since I only keep the foreign key of theitemlookup table, it will be impossible to keep track of the row of thepricehistory table if there are more than one data existed in thepricehistory table.Will it be a valid table structure to create a column for the foreignkey of the pricehistory in RequestItem table or any other ways tohandle this issue?
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Sep 27, 2006Hi,
I have a datatable with the following values:
ID
CompanyID
CompanyName.
Here ID is the foreign key. I was wondering if there was a way to update tables with foreign keys. Searching for stuff gave me something like update cascade. Can somebody please elaborate on that?
Foreign Key Table References Per Table (Max 253)
Feb 22, 2008I've just found out about the concept that a table should only be references by foreign keys a maximum of 253 times throughout the database. I was hoping someone could give me a better idea of the dangers of disregarding this recommendation.
In our database, we have a Users table, which contains all of the users of a given system. In nearly every other table in our database, we have a field to indicate which user created the record. This is a reference back to the Users table. But as the number of tables has grown, we've surpassed that 253 limit. All I can tell, practically, is that I can no longer delete from the Users table. The query will fail, telling me the query optimizer ran out of memory, and that I should simplify my query.
The Users table is the only table that even comes close to this number of foreign key references. I don't even mind being unable to delete from the table. I'm mostly wondering if there are other problems with my design that will cause issues?
Is there a better way to keep track of who created a record in the database? Is it bad design to reference my Users table in so many places?
Thanks,
ORDER BY (field In Foreign Table)
Apr 4, 2008Newbie question. Can someone show me an SQL statement that sorts the results of a query by a field in a different table?
CREATE TABLE `Table1`
(
`table1_id` INTEGER AUTO_INCREMENT ,
`table1_name` VARCHAR(255),
PRIMARY KEY (`table1_id`)
)
CREATE TABLE `Table2`
(
`table2_id` INTEGER AUTO_INCREMENT ,
`table2_name` VARCHAR(255),
`table2_table1` INTEGER,
PRIMARY KEY (`table2_id`)
)
ALTER TABLE `Table2` ADD FOREIGN KEY (`table2_table1`) REFERENCES `Table1`(`table1_id`);
What I'd like is something like:
SELECT * FROM Table2 ORDER BY "Table1(table2_table1).tabel1_name",table2_name
It's the section in double quotes that I can't figure out how to compose.
As an example, if Table 1 has
1, A
2, B
3, C
and Table 2 has
1, a, 2
2, b, 1
3, c, 2
then I'd like the sort to return
2, b, 1
1, a, 2
3, c, 2
TIA,
Stephen
Update Table, Foreign Keys Etc
Aug 16, 2004I have two tables as below. I want to update a quote and change the item for which it is for. So I want to do an update statement to change the cat_ref that the quote is for. However, when I do this I get a foreign key conflict with cat_ref in the item table. How do I get around this? Thanks
Code:
CREATE TABLE Item (
cat_ref VARCHAR(5)PRIMARY KEY,
descrip VARCHAR(50),
date_added SMALLDATETIME,
cat_type VARCHAR(20))
CREATE TABLE has_quote (
quote_id INT IDENTITY (1,1) PRIMARY KEY,
date_last_pricecheck SMALLDATETIME,
cat_ref VARCHAR(5)FOREIGN KEY
REFERENCES Item(cat_ref)
ON DELETE CASCADE,
first_name VARCHAR(10),
surname VARCHAR(10),
FOREIGN KEY (first_name, surname)
REFERENCES Customer(first_name, surname)
ON DELETE CASCADE
ON UPDATE CASCADE)
Create Table With Foreign Keys
May 30, 2007How do I create a table with a foreign key
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Apr 19, 2008Hi,
We're having a few linked servers in our company. some tables in one of the linked servers include columns (better saying, foreign keys) of tables in another server. I wonder if there's a way to create a foreign key referencing one column in another server. That is, suppose there's Column A in table A in Server A which references Column B in table B in server B, is there a way to create column A as foreign key referencing column B?
Any idea is appreciated.
Foreign Key From Another Table In A Linked Server
Apr 19, 2008Hi,
We're having a few linked servers in our company. some tables in one of the linked servers include columns (better saying, foreign keys) of tables in another server. I wonder if there's a way to create a foreign key referencing one columns in another server. That is, suppose there's Column A in table A in Server A which references Column B in table B in server B, is there a way to create column A as foreign key referencing column B?
Any idea is appreciated.
Foreign Key References Invalid Table
May 15, 2008Hey.
I'm trying to create some tables in my database but I'm getting some errors... The one which is causing the most trouble is Msg 1767, Level 16, State 0, Line 38
Foreign key 'ten_fk' references invalid table 'Tenant'.
I'm not sure why it's complaining... can anyone help me out here?
Cheers!
-- Mitch Curtis
-- A2create.sql
-- Set the active database to KWEA.
USE KWEA;
-- Drop existing tables (if any).
DROP TABLE Ownership;
DROP TABLE Tenant;
DROP TABLE Staff;
DROP TABLE Property;
DROP TABLE Property_Status_Report;
DROP TABLE Property_Owner;
DROP TABLE Placement_Record;
DROP TABLE Candidate_Tenant;
DROP TABLE Waiting_List;
-- Create new tables.
CREATE TABLE Waiting_List
(
waiting# INT IDENTITY(1,1) PRIMARY KEY NOT NULL,
candidate_name VARCHAR(20) NOT NULL,
anticipated_start_date SMALLDATETIME NULL,
anticipated_end_date SMALLDATETIME NULL,
max_affordable_rent SMALLMONEY NOT NULL
);
CREATE TABLE Candidate_Tenant
(
candidate# INT IDENTITY(1,1) PRIMARY KEY NOT NULL,
waiting# INT NULL,
name VARCHAR(20) NOT NULL,
phone_number INT NOT NULL,
required_property_type VARCHAR(10) NOT NULL,
CONSTRAINT w_fk FOREIGN KEY(waiting#) REFERENCES Waiting_List(waiting#)
);
CREATE TABLE Placement_Record
(
opening# INT IDENTITY(1,1) PRIMARY KEY NOT NULL,
tenant# INT NOT NULL,
start_date SMALLDATETIME NOT NULL,
end_date SMALLDATETIME NOT NULL,
total_bonds SMALLMONEY NOT NULL,
weekly_rent SMALLMONEY NOT NULL,
CONSTRAINT ten_fk FOREIGN KEY(tenant#) REFERENCES Tenant(tenant#)
);
CREATE TABLE Property_Owner
(
owner# INT IDENTITY(1,1) PRIMARY KEY NOT NULL,
name VARCHAR(20) NOT NULL,
phone_number INT NOT NULL
);
CREATE TABLE Property_Status_Report
(
address VARCHAR(30) NOT NULL,
report_date SMALLDATETIME NOT NULL,
weekly_rent SMALLMONEY NOT NULL,
month_rent_start_date SMALLDATETIME NOT NULL,
month_rent_end_date SMALLDATETIME NOT NULL,
maintenance_fee SMALLMONEY NOT NULL,
month_inspection_history VARCHAR(30) NULL,
CONSTRAINT ar_pk PRIMARY KEY(address, report_date),
FOREIGN KEY(address) REFERENCES Property(address)
);
CREATE TABLE Property
(
address VARCHAR(30) PRIMARY KEY NOT NULL,
staff# INT IDENTITY(1,1) NOT NULL,
type VARCHAR NOT NULL,
occupant_limit INT NOT NULL,
comments VARCHAR(30) NULL,
FOREIGN KEY(staff#) REFERENCES Staff(staff#)
);
CREATE TABLE Staff
(
staff# INT IDENTITY(1,1) PRIMARY KEY NOT NULL,
manager# INT NOT NULL,
name VARCHAR(20) NOT NULL,
FOREIGN KEY(manager#) REFERENCES Staff(staff#)
);
CREATE TABLE Tenant
(
tenant# INT IDENTITY(1,1) PRIMARY KEY NOT NULL,
staff# INT NOT NULL,
property_address VARCHAR(30) NOT NULL,
name VARCHAR(20) NOT NULL,
phone_number INT NOT NULL,
street VARCHAR(20) NOT NULL,
city VARCHAR(20) NOT NULL,
postcode INT NOT NULL,
category VARCHAR(10) NOT NULL,
comments VARCHAR(30) NULL,
FOREIGN KEY(staff#) REFERENCES Staff(staff#),
FOREIGN KEY(property_address) REFERENCES Property(address)
);
CREATE TABLE Ownership
(
address VARCHAR(30) NOT NULL,
owner# INT NOT NULL,
CONSTRAINT ao_pk PRIMARY KEY(address, owner#),
FOREIGN KEY(address) REFERENCES Property(address),
FOREIGN KEY(owner#) REFERENCES Property_Owner(owner#)
);
-- Display tables.
SELECT * FROM Waiting_List;
SELECT * FROM Candidate_Tenant;
SELECT * FROM Placement_Record;
SELECT * FROM Property_Owner;
SELECT * FROM Property_Status_Report;
SELECT * FROM Property;
SELECT * FROM Staff;
SELECT * FROM Tenant;
SELECT * FROM Ownership;
Errors:
Msg 3701, Level 11, State 5, Line 8
Cannot drop the table 'Ownership', because it does not exist or you do not have permission.
Msg 3701, Level 11, State 5, Line 9
Cannot drop the table 'Tenant', because it does not exist or you do not have permission.
Msg 3701, Level 11, State 5, Line 10
Cannot drop the table 'Staff', because it does not exist or you do not have permission.
Msg 3701, Level 11, State 5, Line 11
Cannot drop the table 'Property', because it does not exist or you do not have permission.
Msg 3701, Level 11, State 5, Line 12
Cannot drop the table 'Property_Status_Report', because it does not exist or you do not have permission.
Msg 3701, Level 11, State 5, Line 13
Cannot drop the table 'Property_Owner', because it does not exist or you do not have permission.
Msg 3701, Level 11, State 5, Line 14
Cannot drop the table 'Placement_Record', because it does not exist or you do not have permission.
Msg 1767, Level 16, State 0, Line 38
Foreign key 'ten_fk' references invalid table 'Tenant'.
Msg 1750, Level 16, State 0, Line 38
Could not create constraint. See previous errors.
Lookup Table Foreign Key Null
May 1, 2007I'm using SQL Server 2000. I have an EXTERNAL_FUNDING table and an EXTERNAL_FUNDING_TYPE table. The DDL for the tables is listed below. Each EXTERNAL_FUNDING record has a type field, which is a foreign key to a record in the EXTERNAL_FUNDING_TYPE table. However, I would like for the type to be allowed to be null. When displaying the data, if the type is null, I'd like to show blank text. Here is the query I'm trying to use:
SELECT EXTERNAL_FUNDING.id, date_requested as [Request Date],source as [Source/Sponsor],EXTERNAL_FUNDING_TYPE.type AS [Type],amount as [Amount], granted as [Granted]
FROM EXTERNAL_FUNDING,EXTERNAL_FUNDING_TYPE
WHERE (project_id = @project_id) AND
(EXTERNAL_FUNDING.type = EXTERNAL_FUNDING_TYPE.id)
ORDER BY date_requested ,source,type
But this query does not return the records with NULL for the type field. Can someone explain to me how I can also return the rows with a NULL type? Thanks!
Table DDL:
CREATE TABLE [dbo].[EXTERNAL_FUNDING] (
[id] [int] IDENTITY (1, 1) NOT NULL ,
[project_id] [int] NOT NULL ,
[date_requested] [datetime] NULL ,
[source] [nvarchar] (50) COLLATE SQL_Latin1_General_CP1_CI_AS NULL ,
[type] [int] NULL ,
[amount] [money] NULL ,
[granted] [bit] NULL ,
[date_granted] [datetime] NULL
) ON [PRIMARY]
CREATE TABLE [dbo].[EXTERNAL_FUNDING_TYPE] (
[type] [nvarchar] (30) COLLATE SQL_Latin1_General_CP1_CI_AS NOT NULL ,
[id] [int] IDENTITY (1, 1) NOT NULL
) ON [PRIMARY]
Assigning Foreign Key To New SQL Server Table
Aug 31, 2005HiI am creating new SQL Server Tables using SQL Server 2005. I have setprimary key to the tables .But I do not know how to assign Foreign keyto the tables .I need to do some joins later and that is why I have toput Foreign key to the table . The Primary key is visible and can beassigned easily .But How do I assign foreign key .Thanks*** Sent via Developersdex http://www.developersdex.com ***
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Feb 5, 2008Hello,
I have a very elementary question on table design. This screenshot (which is part of a larger diagram) sets the context of the question.
There are two distinct groups of products with different attributes, hence two separate tables: Products_A and Products_B.
There's a third table that keeps track of daily production (DailyProduction), which must accept items from either product table. Now, my question is: How do I relate these two tables to "DailyProduction" ? If I place a double-constraint with two foreign keys, then I get an error whenever I attempt to insert a record in DailyProduction. For example, if the new item is of "Products_A" type, then the error message from SSMS is:
No row was updated.
The data in row 1 was not committed.
Error Source: .Net SqlClient Data Provider.
Error Message: The INSERT statement conflicted with the FOREIGN KEY constraint "FK_DailyProduction_Products_B". The conflict occurred in database "MyDatabase", table "dbo.Products_B", column 'ProductB_ID'.
The statement has been terminated.
Correct the errors and retry or press ESC to cancel the change(s).
It's clear that the error message makes sense as SQL is trying to apply BOTH constraints. It's one AND the other, not one OR the other. Now, how do I remedy this ? What would be the most appropriate way to relate the three tables ?
Thanks.
Fernando
Updating A Table Having A Foreign Key Constraint
Nov 10, 2006Hi
I am trying to update tables "Table A" & " TableB" with a new value for a particular column1. Now "TableA" contains a foreign key "FK1" defined on it and is referencing another table "Table B" containing the similar column "Column1"
Because of this constraint I was not able to update TableA and TableB. My question is
1) If i wanted to go ahead with this update, what are the possible ways?
2) If only solution is to drop the constraint. Then How do i know the definition for this particular Foreign key, i mean it may refer some columns in Table B. I wanted to know the complete definition of it so that i can rebuild the constraint after the update. Right now i can see only the constraint name when i use sp_help TableA. But how do i know the complete reference made by this foreign key.
Early reply is much appreciated
Thanks!
Transact SQL :: Untrusted Foreign Key In Table
Sep 2, 2015I am seeing untrusted foreign key in one of my tables in a dev environment. To fix it I tried to run
ALTER TABLE [dbo].[TableName] WITH CHECK CHECK CONSTRAINT [ForeignKey]
But I am getting the below error
The ALTER TABLE statement conflicted with the FOREIGN KEY constraint "foreignkey". The conflict occurred in database " DBname", table "dbo.tablename", column 'columnname'.
How To Retrieve Data From A Second Table With No Foreign Key
Oct 5, 2007
I have 4 tables I am pulling data from. Table A and B can be joined and Table C and D can be joined via foreign keys but A and/or B can not be Joined to C and/or D via foreign Key.
My statement basically looks like this to start
SELECT s.HTENANT, s.HPROP, s.HUNIT, s.SHEADNAME3B, s.DTOT7I
FROM H8summ S join tenant t on s.htenant = t.hmyperson
And returns this :
29226 128 20577 Almukhtar, Khadijah M 4242.00
26574 128 17980 Archie, Mary 20218.00
The last number is the key it is the income.
In another table we have an income limit table setup that would have the low, medium and high settings for the range.
For instance it may have 11400 as the elimit attribute and say 22000 as the vlimit attribute.
Then in the fourth table we the description that can be linked back to the income limit table via the hinclimit attribute. In this case the desc attribute would be ELI for elimit and VLI for vlimit.
So I want to take the income compare it to the income limit table and then return the description
The output would look like this :
29226 128 20577 Almukhtar, Khadijah M 4242.00 eli
26574 128 17980 Archie, Mary 20218.00 vli
I just not sure how to reference the income limit table without the foreign key in the from statement. When I just add it it returns 6 rows for each person (number of rows on the income limit table)
Delete From A Table Ignoring A Foreign Key
Dec 6, 2007Hi,
I am looking to delete a single row from a relatively small table. Unfortunately, there is a foreign key relationship between this table and a much much larger table. The checking of this foreign key when I am deleting this row seems to significantly impact the performance of the operation. Previously there was an index on this larger table that helped this query run. This index has been dropped to improve the performance of a more frequently executed operation.
Is there a way I can use a hint or something to stop SQL checking this foreign key when deleting the row? I am certain that there are no associated rows in the larger table.
I have read elsewhere that I could disable the foreign key, perform the delete, then enable the foreign key. This delete statement is not a one off process and could happen in the normal operation of the application so I don't really know what the implications of doing this are.
Any suggestions would be appreciated.
Thanks
Rich
Preventing Duplicate Entry For A Given Foreign Key In Db Table
Oct 24, 2007Hi,i am using SQL server 2005 and have a table with 4 columns.Column1 is primary key,col2 is foreign key and col3 and col4 are regular data column.When the user enters the data i want to make sure that for a given foreign key(col2),entries in col3 are not duplicated.Is there a way,i can make sure this at db level,using some kind of constraints or something?Thanks a bunch..
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May 21, 2008i'm using sql express, management studio express and a visual web developer starter kit.
i have 4 tables: items; categories; categorization; old_items
the old_items table has both the item id and category fields in it, the new db has them separated: items.id; categories.id; categorization.itemId, categorizaton.parentCategoryId, both of which are foreign keys.
i need to get the old_item.id and old_item.category values into the new categorization table but it keeps choking on the foreign keys and i can't get past it. as far as i've been able to figure out so far, i need to turn off the foreign keys to do the insert but i'm not sure and i haven't been able to find any sql query examples that demonstrate it or explain it well enough for my n00b self.
i've read http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/10cetyt6.aspx, "How to: Disable Foreign Key Constraints with INSERT and UPDATE Statements" but i don't get how that affects it, it seems like one of the other options would actually disable them.
can anyone help? i've been trying all the permutations of queries i can think of and not getting it.
thanks.
Updating Values In A Table With Foreign Key Violations
Aug 25, 2004Hello!
I have a "current" table which users update on a daily basis, it holds forecast data. This table is designed to only hold 7 days of data and is therfore always rolling over by date.
What I want to do is have a procedure that copies this "Current" table to a "History" table every day so the historical information is stored. The copy is simple, but how do I check for and over ride values that are already in the "history" table with the newest values from the "current" table because the "current" values have the possibility of changing a few times while the forecast is updated. I can define a primary key but am not sure how to check for and update the necessary values?
Any help??
Many thanks!
How To Import CSV Data Into Table With Foreign Key Conversion
Nov 17, 2013Our SQL 2008 R2 relational database has tables with foreign key relationships for part numbers. We receive production data from a separate program and we need to import the CSV data into our database application.
The problem is our separate program creates a CSV file with the actual part number "362S162-33". In our database we have a separate parts table (example: 362S162-33 has identity "15").
We need to import data into a production table that has a "part number" (FK) column.
How can we, when importing, cross-reference the "parts table" to convert the part number to the identity number. We have thousands of parts, so we need this change of part number column to the FK identity automatically on import.
Production Table:
idComponent (PK), [1000]
ComponentName, [Assembly108]
idPartNumber (FK), [15]
ComponentLength, [230.5]
UserMessage, [Assembly is 230.5 inches using 362S162-33]
Qty; [1]
Foreign Key Points To Not Most Appropriate Index Of Referenced Table
Sep 23, 2015The parent table has the column OrderID which is the primary key. There is a unique non-clustered index in the same table with the same column and some included ones. A child table references the parent table on the OrderID column. Unfortunatelly, in the sys.foreign_keys table the index that has been used to acomplish the referential integrity is the unique non-clustered one instead of the primary key (which is the clustered index as well).
This is causing issues in some maintenance tasks where we need to disable all the indexes of the table apart from the clustered index. Disabling these indexes leeds to disabling the not properly configured foreign key as well. Maybe dropping the index create the constraint again and then recreate the index is a workarround but I wish to have something more elegant and future proof.