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• Welsh Corgi

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  January 14, 2016 at 11:59 am

  #307739

  I'm trying to Load records in a Table called Postal from a table called Postal_Codes_Import

  This is so easy. I have done it numerous time.

  When I do an INNER JOIN I only get 3 records:

  SELECT Post.ID AS ZipCode, Post.CityTownshipID, Post.Latitude, Post.Longitude

  FROM Postal AS Post

  INNER JOIN Postal_Codes_Import AS PostImp ON Post.ID = PostImp.ZipCode

  What am I doing wrong on the LEFT JOIN Statement?

  I get all the records in the Import table but when I do an INNER JOIN I GET 3 Recrds.

  Here is the Code:

  SELECT Postal.ID,PostImp.ZipCode, PostImp.Latitude, PostImp.Longitude,PostImp.CityTownshipID ,PostImp.CountyRegionID, PostImp.StateProvinceID, PostImp.CountryID

  FROM Postal_Codes_Import AS PostImp

  LEFT JOIN Postal AS Postal ON PostImp.ZipCode = Postal.ID

  WHERE ID IS NULL

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• Luis Cazares

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  January 14, 2016 at 12:04 pm

  #1852026

  What's the problem?

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• Welsh Corgi

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  January 14, 2016 at 12:09 pm

  #1852029

  That would help if I included the error. :blush:

  Violation of PRIMARY KEY constraint 'PK_Postal'. Cannot insert duplicate key in object 'dbo.Postal'. The duplicate key value is (B5A 5B4).

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  January 14, 2016 at 12:14 pm

  #1852030

  Why would the Id be the same as the ZipCode?

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  January 14, 2016 at 12:16 pm

  #1852031

  The WHERE NOT EXISTS () construction often performs better than using a LEFT JOIN – I would recommend a test.

  You should include table schemas in your code to avoid the generation of unnecessary cache-miss events.

  The absence of evidence is not evidence of absence
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  January 14, 2016 at 12:17 pm

  #1852032

  Like what it says: "Cannot insert duplicate key in object 'dbo.Postal'."

  Perhaps you're attempting to insert a row that already exists in the target table.

  "Do not seek to follow in the footsteps of the wise. Instead, seek what they sought." - Matsuo Basho

• Welsh Corgi

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  January 14, 2016 at 12:20 pm

  #1852034

  Phil Parkin (1/14/2016)

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  Why would the Id be the same as the ZipCode?

  The ZipCode is named ID.

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• Welsh Corgi

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  January 14, 2016 at 12:21 pm

  #1852035

  Phil Parkin (1/14/2016)

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  The WHERE NOT EXISTS () construction often performs better than using a LEFT JOIN – I would recommend a test.

  You should include table schemas in your code to avoid the generation of unnecessary cache-miss events.

  So what is the syntax?

  Thanks.

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• Welsh Corgi

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  January 14, 2016 at 12:23 pm

  #1852036

  Eric M Russell (1/14/2016)

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  Like what it says: "Cannot insert duplicate key in object 'dbo.Postal'."

  Perhaps you're attempting to insert a row that already exists in the target table.

  That is correct.

  I'm trying to exclude them.

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  January 14, 2016 at 12:28 pm

  #1852038

  Welsh Corgi (1/14/2016)

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  Phil Parkin (1/14/2016)

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  The WHERE NOT EXISTS () construction often performs better than using a LEFT JOIN – I would recommend a test.

  You should include table schemas in your code to avoid the generation of unnecessary cache-miss events.

  So what is the syntax?

  Thanks.

  INSERT [target] (columns)

  SELECT (columns)

  FROM [source]

  WHERE NOT EXISTS (select 1 from [target] where target.(PK) = source.(PK))

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• Luis Cazares

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  January 14, 2016 at 12:29 pm

  #1852039

  Welsh Corgi (1/14/2016)

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  Phil Parkin (1/14/2016)

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  The WHERE NOT EXISTS () construction often performs better than using a LEFT JOIN – I would recommend a test.

  You should include table schemas in your code to avoid the generation of unnecessary cache-miss events.

  So what is the syntax?

  Thanks.

  Here you go: http://bfy.tw/3jNm

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• Welsh Corgi

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  January 14, 2016 at 12:30 pm

  #1852040

  Perhaps a Data Type issue?

  Table Structure:

  CREATE TABLE [dbo].[Postal](

  [ID] [varchar](16) NOT NULL,

  [Latitude] [float] NOT NULL,

  [Longitude] [float] NOT NULL,

  [CityTownshipID] [int] NOT NULL,

  [CountyRegionID] [int] NULL,

  [StateProvinceID] [int] NOT NULL,

  [CountryID] [int] NOT NULL,

  CONSTRAINT [PK_Postal] PRIMARY KEY CLUSTERED

  (

  [ID] ASC

  )WITH (PAD_INDEX = OFF, STATISTICS_NORECOMPUTE = OFF, IGNORE_DUP_KEY = OFF, ALLOW_ROW_LOCKS = ON, ALLOW_PAGE_LOCKS = ON) ON [PRIMARY]

  ) ON [PRIMARY]

  CREATE TABLE [dbo].[Postal_Codes_Import](

  [ZipCode] [nvarchar](255) NULL,

  [CityName] [nvarchar](255) NULL,

  [Longitude] [float] NULL,

  [Latitude] [float] NULL,

  [CityTownshipID] [int] NULL,

  [CountyRegionID] [int] NULL,

  [StateProvinceID] [int] NULL,

  [CountryID] [int] NULL

  ) ON [PRIMARY]

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  January 14, 2016 at 12:43 pm

  #1852047

  Welsh Corgi (1/14/2016)

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  That would help if I included the error. :blush:

  Violation of PRIMARY KEY constraint 'PK_Postal'. Cannot insert duplicate key in object 'dbo.Postal'. The duplicate key value is (B5A 5B4).

  I'm assuming that you've checked that there aren't duplicates in table that your importing.

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• Welsh Corgi

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  January 14, 2016 at 12:48 pm

  #1852049

  Yes there are 3 duplicates when I do a INNER JOIN but I exclude them in the Insert and I keep getting PK Violations. :unsure:

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  January 14, 2016 at 12:50 pm

  #1852050

  Phil Parkin (1/14/2016)

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  The WHERE NOT EXISTS () construction often performs better than using a LEFT JOIN – I would recommend a test.

  You should include table schemas in your code to avoid the generation of unnecessary cache-miss events.

  I execute the following code:

  SELECT *

  FROM Postal_Codes_Import

  WHERE NOT EXISTS (SELECT *

  FROM Postal

  WHERE Postal.ID = Postal_Codes_Import.ZipCode);

  And it excludes the 3 records.

  Weird.

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