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Stored Procedure Create Table from Variable with Variable Constraint

I have managed use a store procedure to create a copy of a table with a variable name. But I am struggling to understand how to incorporate a constraint into the stored procedure. The problem: The ...
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I need help using hierarchyid datatype and requiring a unique constraint on a varchar field

I want to resolve a bunch of tables that had parent->child->grandchild relationships into a single table using hierarchyid identifiers. Here is what I came up with based on what I had. CREATE ...
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SQL Server : explicitly create an index on a primary key and unique fields

UPDATED: I'll make the question clearer as the first answer isn't quite what I was looking for. How can I execute this create table statement and ensure that the two automatically created indexes ...
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Tables with hierarchy: create a constraint to prevent circularity through foreign keys

Suppose we have a table that has a foreign key constraint to itself, like such: CREATE TABLE Foo (FooId BIGINT PRIMARY KEY, ParentFooId BIGINT, FOREIGN KEY([ParentFooId]) REFERENCES ...
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unique key violation occuring on a unique value combination

SQL SERVER 2008 I have a mapping table that contains a deleted date column. Since the table uses a surrogate key as its unique identifier there is a uniqueness constraint on the table. This ...
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Any way around unique index 16 column max

According to the CREATE INDEX documentation: Up to 16 columns can be combined into a single composite index key. We've got a table with ~18 columns that need to form a unique combination. This ...
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How can I help SQL Server recognize my view column is NOT NULL-able?

I have the following indexed view defined in SQL Server 2008 (you can download a working schema from gist for testing purposes): CREATE VIEW dbo.balances WITH SCHEMABINDING AS SELECT user_id ...
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How to mark an item as “Expired” when it's ExpiryDate value is in the past?

I have a table of items, each of which has a Status and ExpiryDate. What is the best way of enforcing this: when ExpireyDate > DateTime.Now update Status to "expired" I could have a stored ...