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Using NOCOUNT, ANSI Warnings and Temp Tables in SQL Server

Here are a few useful code fragments that I use all the time. You see too many Rows Affected Messages. First, NOCOUNT. If you don’t want SQL Server to return the Row Count (20 row(s) affected) after you execute a query, here is the code: — Turn off the rows affected message SET NOCOUNT ON Once you have executed your queries, you can enable the row count again SET NOCOUNT OFF ANSI Warnings interrupt your inserts Next, do you get annoying ANSI errors when inserting data? You can remove those warnings using one simple command. SET ANSI_WARNINGS OFF If there … Continue reading Using NOCOUNT, ANSI Warnings and Temp Tables in SQL Server

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Adding Foreign Keys after a table is created in SQL Server

Well, you knew exactly what you needed when you created a table. Only now when you created a child table, the child table does not update with the information from your main table. Or worse you deleted something from your primary table and it still lives in the child table. You need a foreign key, my friend. This is how you define one after you’ve created your table. ALTER TABLE My_Child_Table ADD CONSTRAINT FK_User_ID FOREIGN KEY ( User_ID_In_Child_Table ) REFERENCES My_Primary_Table ( User_ID_In_Primary_Table ) ON DELETE CASCADE ON UPDATE CASCADE The last two lines are important. In this example, if … Continue reading Adding Foreign Keys after a table is created in SQL Server

Programmingby Rudy1 min1,549

Adding Checks after a table is created in SQL Server

Did you create a table, only to find that you need to add a check constraint? I created a quick example of how to add a check constraint after the table exists. In this example, we want to know if our user is alive or dead. 1 = alive, 0 = dead. Here is the code for SQL server: alter table dbo.Tbl_User_Table add constraint CK_User_Alive check (User_Alive in (0,1)) I don’t know if it will work with MySql, Oracle, etc, so check your documentation. Happy Coding! RudyRudy Rodarte is a SQL Server Database professional based in Austin, TX. Over his … Continue reading Adding Checks after a table is created in SQL Server