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atuomatically generated value in database?

  • July 2, 2006 at 1:12 am

    #153067

    how can we insert value of one attribute in the database automatically??i.e. it should be automatically generate. i'm using sql server 2000.

  • July 2, 2006 at 4:14 am

    #647116

    Care to elaborate a bit?

    Is this about using the identity datatype or using a default value?

  • July 2, 2006 at 9:46 pm

    #647139

    Agreed... a little more info would help... should it be a date, and sequential ID, what???

    --Jeff Moden

    RBAR is pronounced "ree-bar" and is a "Modenism" for Row-By-Agonizing-Row.
    First step towards the paradigm shift of writing Set Based code:
    ________Stop thinking about what you want to do to a ROW... think, instead, of what you want to do to a COLUMN.

    Change is inevitable... Change for the better is not.

    Helpful Links:
    How to post code problems
    How to Post Performance Problems
    Create a Tally Function (fnTally)

  • July 3, 2006 at 5:01 am

    #647163

    Automatical generated values are in common defaults which a bound to a column. An example for a special default is the identity column which increments itself for each insert made. If you want to have another / a custom incrementation you will have to code that on your own in a function. The function can be itself bound to a default constraint and this to a table.

    HTH, Jens Suessmeyer.

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  • July 3, 2006 at 2:49 pm

    #647289

    yes; it's a sequential id

  • July 3, 2006 at 3:39 pm

    #647299

    Great... and simple, too...

    When you create a table, create your "sequential ID" column with the IDENTITY property...

    For example... this will create a table, insert 3 rows, insert 3 more rows, then list all the rows by the sequential ID and then list all the rows by the other column... notice how the RowID column works... you can find out a lot more looking up CREATE TABLE and IDENTITY in Books Online...

     CREATE TABLE JustaTest

            (

            RowNum       INTEGER IDENTITY(1,1) PRIMARY KEY CLUSTERED,

            SomeOtherCol VARCHAR(10)

            )

     INSERT INTO JustaTest

            (SomeOtherCol)

     SELECT 'Sam' UNION ALL

     SELECT 'Dean' UNION ALL

     SELECT 'Sally'

     INSERT INTO JustaTest

            (SomeOtherCol)

     SELECT 'Joe' UNION ALL

     SELECT 'Andy' UNION ALL

     SELECT 'Adelle'

     SELECT *

       FROM JustaTest

      ORDER BY RowNum

     SELECT *

       FROM JustaTest

      ORDER BY SomeOtherCol

     

     

    --Jeff Moden

    RBAR is pronounced "ree-bar" and is a "Modenism" for Row-By-Agonizing-Row.
    First step towards the paradigm shift of writing Set Based code:
    ________Stop thinking about what you want to do to a ROW... think, instead, of what you want to do to a COLUMN.

    Change is inevitable... Change for the better is not.

    Helpful Links:
    How to post code problems
    How to Post Performance Problems
    Create a Tally Function (fnTally)

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