Unique Key With Optional Field
Jul 23, 2005Is it possible to have the field as a unique key and a optional one?
It is like.. for example, office code has to be unique (cannot be
duplicated with the same code) and it could be null too.
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Optional Parameter On Joined Field Which Could Be Null?!
Jul 20, 2005I have two tables: eg. a person-table (no nulls allowed), with an idand so on, and a person_course table (an intermediate table in amany-to many relationship between person table and courses tables),with two fields person_id and course_id.But I want to make ONE multipurpose stored procedure, which has ONLYoptional parameters on all fields in the person table AND the fieldcourse_id in the person_course table.I have no problems making optional parameters on the person table (eg.P.ID=ISNULL(@PersonID, P.ID ) ) BUT the problem is, when I try to addan optional parameter on the field course_id it dosn't produce theright results. Some times the course_id is null (because some personshavn't joined a class yet).Is there a way around it?Ole S. Pedersen
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Mar 20, 2007Greetings,
I have several reports for which the user has asked to have an optional muti-value parameter. They want to be able to select zero, one, many, or all values in the parameter list. The parm list is created through a query and the values are not static.
I would like to allow the user to leave the muti-value field empty if they want to allow all values to appear on the report. I've read some discussion about populating a multi-value default with the same query that produces the multi-value list values - presto, everything is selected. However, this is not a desirable solution for me because I "echo" the users parameter selections in the report heading. Selecting all values (and some parms have a lot of values) would cause the "parm feedback" section to grow large and unreadable.
In short, I don't want to tell the user they have to select everything when they really want to select nothing.
Is there any way to have a muti-value parm that won't insist the user select one or more values?
Thanks,
BCB
Need A Unique Bit Field
May 31, 2001I have a bit field only alow one row as 1 all other rows should always 0.
How can I control that -- trigger or constraint?? How?
Unique Field
Nov 17, 2004I have a database table with a primary key that auto-increments - using MS SQL Server 2000.
However I have another field (standard field) that must not allow duplicates.
Besides writing code to sift through the database every time to check for duplicates (which would take long to search through the db every time), is there any setting in MS SQL Server 2000 that allows for an automatic check for duplication and will prevent duplicates!??
Unique Field
Nov 18, 2004I have a database table with a primary key that auto-increments - using MS SQL Server 2000.
However I have another field (standard field) that must not allow duplicates.
Besides writing code to sift through the database every time to check for duplicates (which would take long to search through the db every time), is there any setting in MS SQL Server 2000 that allows for an automatic check for duplication and will prevent duplicates!??
Here's an example of what I mean...
PK Entry_Sheet Cust_Id Date
1 62345 cust1 16/11/2004
2 45663 cust6 16/11/2004
3 82917 cust1 16/11/2004
4 19283 cust2 17/11/2004
5 28764 cust2 18/11/2004
I have everything created, with data already in the table. What I need now is some way to prevent duplicates from occurring.
The Entry_Sheet value needs to be unique. Instead of writing code to run through the entire db each time an insert is performed, is there a simpler way using a SQL Server DB!??
Creating A Unique Field
Nov 30, 2000I have built a table called Visit_Fact, which is detailed medical data. Within this table I have to create several index fields.
Well one of the fields ([Diag Code]) that should be included will have null values.
Well in Access I was able to build my new field called IndKey which has the following SQL statement:
IndKey: [PracticeCode]&[Physician Code]&[Chart #]&[Visit #]&[InsCoNum]&[CPT]&[Modifier]&[Units]&[Diag Code]
1. Example data with Diag Code = null
ABCD1234ABCDEF1234567MEDI19921301
2. Example data with Diag Code <> null
ABCD1234ABCDEF1234567MEDI19921301708.1
This runs fine in Access and if the Diag Code is null, Access does not care, it still puts all the other information together. Such as the examples above.
Well I tried doing this in a Stored Procedure and when I ran across a record that had a null value for the [Diag Code] it made the IndKey field Null for that record. If it was not null then it looked like Example 2.
What is the proper way of creating my unique field in SQL Server?
Create Unique Field That Isn't The Key
Nov 10, 2005I have a table where the key is an autonumber. I also have a field which holds the reference of a room eg 0BM1. It is nvarchar. Is there a way I can set this field to duplicates = No, so that my user cannot enter the same room reference more than once. Or do I have to do this check in my asp.net code ?
TIA
A Table With A Unique Field
Jul 10, 2007Hello,
I would like to store some frequently asked questions in a database.
As those questions/answers could be translated in several languages, I was thinking of using two tables :
The first table would contain a unique field : the key wich is an id for each faq.
The second table would contain those fields :
FAQ_ID : foreign key
LANG : language
QUESTION : the question translated in the good language.
ANSWER : the answer translated in the good language.
What I find embarrassing, is that first table just contains a unique field : the id. But it allows :
- to have a table in which a line correspond to an object. It is convenient for object relational mapping.
- it is more evolutionary. If, in the future, I have to add some statistics that concerns a faq, I will have the possibility to store them in the first table, avoiding in this way to duplicate data.
But, one more time, I find a bit embarrassing having a table with a unique field...
What is your opinion about that ?
Thank you in advance for any suggestion.
mathmax
Unique Counter Field In A Table - Best Way?
Oct 11, 2005I need to to have a table that has a counter field (used to generate an id code for a record). This is not the primary id for the field but just a counter to label a record in another table, similar to a registration code for an event. This is a sequential counter that will start 1 and go up on each new record inserted into other tables. What I want to do is be able to query this counter table to get the next valid number and increment the count for the next time. This is a multi user web app so needs to prevent duplicate use of same number.How best should this be handled? A transaction to query and update the field?
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Jul 24, 2013I have a table in Access 2007 that has about 30 field names and I want to have a count of how many unique rows there are in each field. I want to have these results put into another table that will just have the field name and then the count of how many unique rows there are.
I have code in VBA that will loop through my SQL and change out the field name, but I can't seem to get the SQL right before I can start looping it. For just one field name this would be what I have to count the unique names...
So far I have this:
INSERT INTO newtable
COUNT(*) FROM (SELECT Raw_Table.FieldName, COUNT(Raw_Table.FieldName) AS CountOfFieldName
FROM Raw_Table
GROUP BY Raw_Table.FieldName);
And its not going too well.
Changing Field For Unique Key Index
Oct 18, 2007SQL 2000 Enterprise Manager won’t let me drop a unique key index and move it to another field. I get an error regarding ‘drop index not allowed because of unique key constraint enforcement.
Is there anyway to change fields for unique keys in SQL Enterprise Manager?
Thanks, Al
Unique Field Conflict In Views
Jul 20, 2005I created a view that joins two tables (tblOrder and tblProduct). The fieldProductID is common to both. When I save the View I get the following errormessage: "Column names in each view must be unique." Is there a way aroundthat? Should I be naming my Key Fields and Foreign Key fields differently?I'm new to MS-SQL. Thanks for your help.Louis
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Sep 5, 2006hello guys,
I have one table which is using to keep 10 difference type of serial number (that mean i got 10 column in the table). Is there any way to do unique key checking (individually, not combine) on these 10 serial number without sacrify the performance?
thank you.
Finding Unique Field Names With Different Values
Jun 8, 2005I am in a situation where I need to find out unique field names with different values in a table having 200+ columns.
Let's say I have two rows with 200+ columns ( I exported these rows from Lotus Notes to SQL Server) I am not sure what columns makes unique of these rows. It's going to be tedious by checking each column values.
Is there anyway I can write a squl query on these two rows which outputs column names which are having unique values.
I would appreciate If anybody gives me hint about achieving desired result
How To Create Unique Field Or Sequence In View
Jun 5, 2012I have created a view based on joining 3 tables, however, it is not possible to have a unique field in the view which I must need it and I must create index on some other fields. Is there any way to create sequence number or uniqie field in mssql view.
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Dec 20, 2012I am working on a software primarily related to accounting with visual basic
Many of the problems and proposed several solutions for running sum, but I have read almost all of these interpretations,
have applied when running sum is a unique ID field. but almost all of the functioning of accounting reports are in chronological order. So he questioned what was the balance on 05.05.2012.
ID of the process is done, if the user enters a process backward a few things since then, the transaction date is old, but the ID is new, are experiencing problems. eg
ID DATE DEBIT CREDIT BALANCE
1 02.02.2012 100.00 0.00 100.00
6 04.04.2012 0.00 150.00 -50.00
3 02.05.2012 70.00 0.00 20.00
4 02.05.2012 80.00 0.00 100.00
2 06.06.2012 120.00 0.00 220.00
must balance the figure above.
if ID = 2 record, the record date 06/06/2012 and if the ID = 6, date 04/04/2012, the date the order is made if the listing is experiencing trouble getting balance. 2 records in the same day when the balance at worst formula breaks down. The big point is that I hang out in my project.
the only solution is to use a temporary table or writing about it in Visual Basic seems to calculate. the use of temporary table is not a solution, but unfortunately also very fast.
Selecting Records Where Part-field Is Unique
Aug 10, 2015I have a very large CSV file containing name-and-address information which I am reading in a Visual Basic project using the Microsoft.JetOLEDB.4.0 provider.
The key field on which the CSV file is to be filtered is the PostCode field. This is a UK-format PostCode "XXnn Nxx" where "XX" is one or more letters denoting a geographical area within the UK and "nn" is one or more characters (starting with at least one numeric digit) which when combined with the area code denotes a specific district within the geographical area. My aim is to identify all the unique UK postal districts held within my address CSV file.
Because I do not know how to use SQL to filter on the partial contents of a database field I am presently reduced to extracting unique full PostCodes using "SELECT DISTINCT PostCode,City,County FROM [ADDRESSES.csv]" into a DataTable object, then sequentially reading that DataTable using the operation of a dictionary object to identify unique PostCode areas, to finally construct the DataTable I need.
Is it possible in SQL to select records where the value of a varying number of characters before a space character in a given (PostCode) field is unique?
Need Help W/ SELECT From One Table, One Field, Multiple Unique Records
Apr 22, 2006I'm new to MS SQL and VB. I have a table with one field JOB_NAME containing 20 records. Out of that field I want to retrieve 6 of the 20 records into a pulldown menu. They are all unique text names like so:
Anna Smith
John Doe
etc. I did not see IDs listed for any of the names in the table when I looked.
There is no common denominator to the names that can be filtered in the SELECT statement, and the 6 that I want will need to be pulled out individually.
Is there a way to do this with a SELECT statement? I have not found much information about how to extract unique records out of a single field. Here's the statement I'm using which pulls all of them:
strSQL = "SELECT DISTINCT JOB_NAME AS Names FROM [WORKER_NAMES] WHERE JOB_NAME<>' ' ORDER BY JOB_NAME ASC"
This gives me the total list but I only want to bring back 6 of the 20 for the pulldown.
Is there a way to modify this statement to pull only the records that I want?
Thanks for any help you can give.
AJ
SQL Server 2012 :: Unique Identifier As Identity Field
Dec 27, 2013So for years I was using the int identity(1,1) primary_key for all the tables I created, and then in this project I decided, you know, I like the uniqueidentifier using newsequentialid() to ensure a distinctly unique primary key.
then, after working with the php sqlsrv driver, I realized huh, no matter what, i am unable to retrieve the scope_identity() of the insert
So of course I cruised back to the MSSMS and realized crap, I can't even make the uniqueidentifier an identity.
So now I'm wondering 2 things...
1: Can I short cut and pull the uniqueidentifier of a newly inserted record, even though the scope_identity() will return null or
2: do I now have to add a column to each table, keep the uniqueidentifier (as all my tables are unified by that relationship) and also add a pk field as an int identity(1,1) primary_key, in order to be able to pull the scope_identity() on insert...
SQL 2012 :: Add Unique Numeric Identifier For Text Field With Same Name?
Aug 21, 2014I have a list of movies that show throughout the year. I would like to assign a unique numeric identifier to each text field.
I have provided some sample data with the output I would like. The Movie_ID in the sample data is just made up, feel free to assign any numeric identifier, preferably of the same length but not a necessity.
create table dbo.Movie_Pre_Fix
(
Report_Monthint,
IDint,
Movie_NameVarchar(50)
);
insert into dbo.Movie_Pre_Fix (Report_Month, ID,Movie_Name)
VALUES
(201406,0721312144,'SAW'),
[code]....
DB Design :: Foreign Key Referencing Non Unique Field In Server
Oct 12, 2012I ran into an interesting situation. I'm working on contract and was looking at creating an ERD for an existing database when I ran into a problem. I found FK's that are referencing columns that do not have a unique constraint or a unique index.
I don't know the history of the database but was there a time in SQL Server history where this would have been possible? I scripted out the tables and created it in a test database. When I run the script to create the FK I get the following message.
I double checked the original tables and this FK does exist in table1 and there is no unique anything in the referenced table, table2. Currently the database is running on SQL Server 2008 Ent.
ALTER TABLE [dbo].[table1] WITH CHECK ADD CONSTRAINT [FK_table1] FOREIGN KEY([Col1])
REFERENCES [dbo].[table2] ([col2])
There are no primary or candidate keys in the referenced table 'dbo.table2' that match the referencing column list in the foreign key 'FK_table1'.
SQL Server 2008 :: Returning Unique Rows - Read Date Field?
Jul 26, 2015I have the following query:
Select p.Id [SenderId], p.Username, up.PhotoId,
CASE
WHEN mr.ReadDate is null then 1 -- New message
ELSE 0 -- Message has been read
END AS NewMessage,
p.LastLoggedIn, p.LoggedIn
[Code] ....
The above query returns me all messages (inbox functionality) that have been sent to mr.ReceipientId, the issue I have is when I send another email to the recipient the readdate field will be null, and the other emails linked to the recipient which have also been sent via me will have a readdate date. This causes duplicate rows to appear due to the case statement, I'm trying to figure out if / how it is possible to only display the one row per conversation and set newmessage to 1 if there is an un-read message otherwise show 0 ?
So instead of showing this:
2Person102015-07-26 17:07:24.9370
2Person112015-07-26 17:07:24.9370
I'm trying to get it to look like this:
2Person112015-07-26 17:07:24.9370
Or if we have no new mail (read date is not null) then it will appear like this, and I can confirm when there is no new mail it works as expected.
2Person102015-07-26 17:07:24.9370
SQL Server 2008 :: Statement Error Out Due To Source Field Being Unique Identifier
Sep 22, 2015I have a field I am trying to bring into a SQL statement
,ISNULL(Convert(nvarchar(50),OPP1.OriginatingLeadId),'') AS 'OriginatingLeadId'
I get this error message
Conversion failed when converting from a character string to uniqueidentifier.
the field specs' originatingleadid is attached ....
SQL Server 2014 :: Split Out A Field Of Comma Separated Values Based On Unique Code In Same Row?
Oct 21, 2014I have a comma separated field containing numerous 2 digit numbers that I would like splitting out by a corresponding unique code held in another field on the same row.
E.g
Unique Code Comma Separated Field
14587934 1,5,17,18,19,40,51,62,70
6998468 10,45,62,18,19
79585264 1,5,18
These needs to be in column format or held in an array to be used as conditional criteria.
Unique Code Comma Separated Value
79585264 1
79585264 5
79585264 18
Transact SQL :: Find Unique Rows In Column That Are Associated With Another Field In Another Column?
May 1, 2015I am having issues trying to write a query that would provide me the unique GUID numbers associated with a distinct PID if the unique GUID's > 1. To summarize, I need a query that just shows which PID's have more than one unique GUID. A PID could have multiple GUID's that are the same, I'm looking for the PID's that have multiple GUID's that are different/unique.
Table1
GUID PID
GUID1 PID1
GUID1 PID1
GUID1 PID1
GUID2 PID1
GUID3 PID2
GUID3 PID2
GUID3 PID2
The result of the query would only have PID1 because it has two unique GUID's. PID2 would not be listed has it has the same GUID3 in each row.
Result:
PID1
SQL Server 2012 :: Failing On Update With Unique Index Error (Not Unique)
Jul 5, 2015This index is not unique
ix_report_history_creative_id
Msg 2601, Level 14, State 1, Procedure DFP_report_load, Line 161
Cannot insert duplicate key row in object 'dbo.DFP_Reports_History' with unique index 'ix_report_history_creative_id'.
The duplicate key value is (40736326382, 1, 2015-07-03, 67618862, 355324).
Msg 3621, Level 0, State 0, Procedure DFP_report_load, Line 161
The statement has been terminated.
Exception in Task: Cannot insert duplicate key row in object 'dbo.DFP_Reports_History' with unique index 'ix_report_history_creative_id'. The duplicate key value is (40736326382, 1, 2015-07-03, 67618862, 355324).
The statement has been terminated.
What Is The Difference Between A UNIQUE INDEX And A UNIQUE CONSTRAINT?
Sep 22, 2004A 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.
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Jul 20, 2005HelloWhat should I use for better perfomance sinceunique constraint always use index ?ThanksKamil
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Jun 24, 2006What'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?
Unique Index Vs Unique Constraint
Mar 7, 2001Hi 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
Unique Constraint Vs Unique Index
Jan 20, 2006BOL 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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Mar 26, 2008
hi team,
.Can i create umique constraint with out unique index.when i am creating a unique constraint sql creates a unique index (default) can i have only unique constraint ?