2024-07-12
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2024-07-12
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A column level check constraint may be used to prevent insertion of data containing characters within a specific ASCII range.
2016-12-12 (first published: 2016-11-30)
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Script finds char types columns defined to allow NULL values but have non NULL values and generates the ALTER statements for the changes.
2016-02-22 (first published: 2016-02-08)
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In SQL, you can express the logic of what you want to accomplish without spelling out the details of how the database should do it. Nowhere is this more powerful than in constraints. In this introduction to Declarative SQL, Joe Celko demonstrates how you can write portable code that performs well and executes some complex logic, merely by creating unique constraints.
2015-12-15
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2015-11-18 (first published: 2015-10-29)
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In which Phil Factor illustrates in TSQL how it is possible to use foreign key constraints to enforce data rules, and illustrates some surprising consequences of using cascading.
2015-03-30
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When you're importing data into an RDBMS in bulk and an exception condition is raised because of a constraint violation, you generally need to fix the problem with the data and try again. The error won't tell you which rows are causing the violation. What if you've thousands of rows to search when it happens? There are solutions, writes William Sisson.
2014-10-16
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The database developer can, of course, throw all errors back to the application developer to deal with, but this is neither kind nor necessary. How errors are dealt with is dependent on the application, but the process itself isn't entirely obvious.
2012-07-10
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We are storing large text and URLs that are over 900 bytes in some of our tables and have a requirement to enforce uniqueness in those columns. But SQL Server has a limitation that index size can't be over 900 bytes. How do I enforce uniqueness in these columns and is it possible to achieve this in SQL Server 2005 and above? What are my different options to solve this problem? I heard that we can use CHECKSUM to create a hash, but is it possible to avoid collisions in the hash value as we are storing millions of rows?
2009-11-05
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I am modifying a table and I need to add a column that must be defined as being unique. I see that SQL Server allows you to define a UNIQUE constraint on a column but I also see that you can create a unique index on a column. Which one should I use?
2008-09-05
8,319 reads
By Steve Jones
I missed blogging yesterday as I was on stage/backstage for quite a bit of...
By Brian Kelley
A common theme in the PASS Summits I've attended is community and that's definitely...
By Chris Yates
I am excited to cover the Microsoft Keynote on Day 2: Redgate Keynote: Simplifying...
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In my SQL Server 2022 database, I run this:
USE Sales; GO CREATE DATABASE ENCRYPTION KEY WITH ALGORITHM = AES_256 ENCRYPTION BY SERVER CERTIFICATE MyServerCert; GOThis works, but I want to prepare for the future and potential issues. How do I back up my DEK? See possible answers