Questions tagged [check-constraints]
That part of declarative referential integrity (DRI) where a column's permitted range of values is enforced by a Boolean predicate.
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constraint check values with regular expression
In a table with a field code, I want to authorize the user to choose one value among a list.
Here is a sample of the values of the list :
A|AG|AL|AS|B|C|D|DA
I added a constraint on code like this :
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data model limit rows per user
This is regarding to postgres that I was asked to create data model which has a relationship with user.
For example a new data model called Comment M:1 User, but while creating the data model is it ...
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Does putting constraints decrease the required size to store my data in SQL Server?
I would like to know if putting check constraints decrease the required column size or not? For example, when I create an int column and a check constraint on it to store the numbers between 100 and ...
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Column constraint based on values in another column
I have a PostgreSQL table phase_steps, with the following example rows:
phase_step_id|step_type|step_status|
-------------+---------+-----------+
1| RESEARCH| |
2| ...
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how do I restrict a specific row's columns to have only a specific value set?
I have the following table
CREATE TABLE `mview_state` (
`state_id` int(10) unsigned NOT NULL AUTO_INCREMENT COMMENT 'View State ID',
`view_id` varchar(255) DEFAULT NULL COMMENT 'View ID',
`mode` ...
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Check constraint to guarantee ltree ancestors
I ran into an issue where we had a tree structure that looked like this:
select title, tree_path from my_table where tree_path <@ '3';
title | tree_path
-----------------------
item A | 3
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Constraint to prevent immediate loop in hierarchy
I have a companies table:
CREATE TABLE companies (
id bigserial,
name varchar(255) NOT NULL
PRIMARY KEY (id)
)
I want companies to have parents and childs. A company might have many parent and ...
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Is it more efficient to create check constraints on PostgreSQL table before or after bulk load?
I am creating a table in PostgreSQL and bulk load with data first. PostgreSQL's documentation recommends to insert large volumes of data first and then create indexes and foreign key constraints. What'...
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Add constraint to table creation in SQL
I have to create a table Product with elements P, PType, PName, Price and Origin.
I need to have the constraint that all products with PType "Meat" must have "Europe" as Origin. I ...
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Retrieve Names of Check Constraints Specific to a Column
PostgreSQL 12
When I rename a column in a table, I would like to dynamically rename the matching check constraints as well.
I have a hypothetical table:
CREATE TABLE hypothetical_table (
id SERIAL ...
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PostgreSQL - Removing Unused Index on Check Constraint column
I used the script from this blog to identify the unused index on my database. It returns an index which is on a column called result where I have a check constraint on that column.
So removing this ...
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How to implement an association with restrictions
I'm working on an SQL database of useful plants. I'd like to be able to allow users to annotate the plants with a set of hierarchical categories and tags. For example:
category: medicine
body part: ...
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CHECK Constraint to enforce upper case letter and pattern match
For one of my columns I am trying to enforce a pattern. The first letter should be D upper case, and the remaining 3 characters should be digits. For example:
D678, D890, D000
I'm quite new with CHECK ...
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Check constraint on a pair of columns
I have a table with this structure:
create table licence_report
(
id bigint default nextval('licence_report_id_seq'::regclass) not null,
created ...
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Adding a check constraint on a new column with default value on a large table
I have a large table (1–2m rows) and need to add a column. It is an integer column with a default of 0. I am also adding a check constraint that column >= 0.
Currently, I am making the change in ...
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CHECK CONSTRAINT isn't identifying breaches of a constraint but DBCC CHECKCONSTRAINTS does
I have a table full of data and I have a constraint on a field in that table that is setup to ensure the total of 2 fields equals a 3rd field. For example:
ALTER TABLE [dbo].[Table1]
WITH NOCHECK ADD ...
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Check constraint age 18< [closed]
Hello I need to create a constraint that chekc the user is 18< before listenning to certain songs but idk how... I tried this :
ALTER TABLE Historique_ecoute
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Adding a dropped check-constraint what queries the table
I'm using a Postgres to preist a hierarchical data set; the table I'm using is something like this:
CREATE TABLE layers (
bucket text not null,
uniq_id serial not null,
name ...
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Check constraint on grouped conditions
Take the following table as an example:
GroupID AlphaID BetaID
1 0 1
1 1 1
1 2 2
2 0 1
2 1 2
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MySQL - is there a way to implement a CHECK constraint after creating the table?
I created a table and after entering all the data, I found that I had missed a CHECK constraint in the CREATE TABLE statement.
create table jims_faculty
( fac_id int primary key,
fac_name varchar(15) ...
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How can I enforce that values in a table column match the Regular Expression "[axyto0-9\s]{0,2}[\s0-9]{0,10}"?
I have a table as below
CREATE TABLE dbo.DemoTable
(
Value VARCHAR(12)
)
I would like to constrain it to only contain rows where Value matches the following pattern
[axyto0-9\s]{0,2}[\s0-9]{0,10}
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Can I tell Postgres that a new constraint is valid without actually running the check?
I have a constraint that ensures one of three columns is populated, and I'm adding a new column, so I'm replacing the old constraint with a four-column version. Since I know from the old constraint ...
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Should fields that are set to Not Null also have a constraint refusing empty strings?
Any field that I would expect a value (Like an orderNumber or customerNumber) I would set as not nullable.
If I'm expecting the value of the field to be not null, shouldn't I also always have a ...
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Foreign key reference to column that is no primary key
I know, foreign keys should uniquely identify rows and therefore reference a primary key.
However, consider my example: There are 4 pre-defined categories, and for some combinations of values for ...
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Adding constraint to an existing table column
I have a table that doesnt have any constraint on them like this
CREATE TABLE SomeTable
(
Id int NOT NULL,
Type varchar(50),
)
insert into SomeTable values (12,'Exchange-Student');
Now I ...
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Best way to handle this type of constraint
Guidance please. We have a small configuration table where we need to ensure only 1 record has bit checked. In the past, we have done check constraint with function that checks count, which we are ...
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Sqlite - Limit Characters for different parts of one String with Check
I have to make sure that any inserted Email has the format: "X@Y.Z"
X and Y may only contain letters and numbers and Z can only have Letters.
I tried something like this, but i cant figure out how ...
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SQLite, ASCII Characters 0x20 to 0x7E Check Constraint
I have the following table which I'm trying to limit the column name to ASCII characters ranging from 0x20 to 0x7E. Why is it not working?
CREATE TABLE test
(
id INTEGER NOT NULL,
name TEXT ...
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Constraints between tables on a variable
im aiming to add a constraint on the number of bicycles allowed to be stored in each terminal - the number differing between terminals.
These are my original tables
create table terminal(
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Compound unique constraint with NULL values
With the following table structure
CREATE TABLE favorite_comments(
id SERIAL PRIMARY KEY NOT NULL,
opinion_id BIGINT REFERENCES opinions(id),
review_id BIGINT REFERENCES reviews(id),
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Constrain array values to an allowed set of values
I would like to set up a CHECK constraint that makes sure that a text[] column's elements contain only certain values.
Setting up an example:
CREATE TABLE foo(
countries text[]
);
INSERT INTO foo ...
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Create a foreign key to a table that doesn't exist in postgres
I'm trying to put together a solution where I have a bunch of script files that contain my schema creation. Something similar to Visual Studio's SQL Project, but for Postgres.
My problem is that the ...
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A table with all fields NULLable with important, sensitive data
I have a requirement for a database table to hold sensitive patient information about their lifestyle (alcohol/ drug use / injecting etc).
On screen the information is sectioned into tabs - "alcohol",...
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Enforcing a "disjoint or identical" constraint
Suppose that F is an Oracle table with two columns, X and Y, such that the constraint
CONSTRAINT unique_xy_pairs UNIQUE (X, Y)
is satisfied.
For each value [x] of F.X, let S[x] represent the set ...
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Building a conditional check constraint
I'm trying to build a conditional check constraint for my table TBL_AFIL, which has two fields:
Fec_Renun DATE
flg_afil INTEGER
Constraint: IF flg_afil=1 THEN Fec_Renun can not be NULL.
ALTER TABLE ...
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Add Constraint to check value exists in a non-unique composite key column
I have the following table, which has a composite primary key:
CREATE TABLE dbo.Seqs(
SequenceKey nvarchar(10) NOT NULL,
UsageSequence smallint NOT NULL,
col1 bit NOT NULL,
col2 ...
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How to Add Check Constraint between Tables (or change DDL)?
Given the following PostgreSQL table definitions:
postgres=# create table if not exists messages(
postgres(# id serial primary key,
postgres(# max_length smallint not null check (max_length &...
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Postgres list constraints that use a stored procedure
I have a postgres database (v9.6) and I have multiple CHECK constraints that use user-defined functions.
something like:
CREATE TABLE payment (
amount bigint,
CONSTRAINT amount_gt_0 CHECK (...
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Set a check constraint for a set of conditions which aren't universally true [closed]
I need to make sure my database is self-consistent. There are two columns, which share a relationship when there is some specific value the other should be not null. I tried using constraint check (...
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Created Check Constraint WITH NOCHECK - still trusted
I needed to alter the conditions of existing constraint - so I dropped it and recreated with the new conditions.
This failed, because there were 800k+ rows, that didn't meet the condition. That ...
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Error on Check Contraint that is on a Column with a Default Constraint
Inspired by this article, I wanted to test the idea before I considered implementing it.
However, I get this error
Msg 547, Level 16, State 0, Line 14 The INSERT statement conflicted
with the ...
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Ensuring Uniqueness Across Columns
I'll lead with this: Perhaps the database design is wrong, so I will accept a re-design as a solution!
Consider the following table:
ID | TypeA | RefA | TypeB | RefB
-- + ----- + ---- + ----- + ----
...
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Table check contraint to verify unique on specific value
Oracle 10g: Suppose the following table (T_REGISTER):
ID_PROCESS PERIOD CUSTOMER STATUS
===========================================
0001234 201801 12300344 INVALID
0001236 ...
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How to make a column mandatory in every Insert / Update (not meaning default null)
Following table:
CREATE TABLE kontrolle.negativtext
(
id serial NOT NULL,
ausschluss character varying(255) NOT NULL,
nur_domains character varying(255)[] NOT NULL DEFAULT '{}'::character ...
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Check all values in a set with PostgreSQL
I'm trying to validate jsonb data with a check constraint to a table that has two fields, header and body, both are jsonb fields, that I expect to be arrays.
Here is an equivalent table:
CREATE ...
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What is the difference between CHECK and CONSTRAINT CHECK?
is there any difference between the follow exemples?
ProjNum int
CONSTRAINT nn_ProjNum NOT NULL
CONSTRAINT C_ProjNum CHECK (ProjNum >= 10)
and
ProjNum int NOT NULL
CHECK (...
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Group by checks constraints are possible?
I have a table with the following columns:
TEAM_ID integer,
NAME varchar(64),
IS_LEADER char(1) not null default 'Y'
I want to apply the constraint that, in the same team, only a leader can be ...
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Order to disable constraint in a SQL Server Database
I have a DB that every day delete all the data and load new one at the night. To do this an SP disable all constraint with sp_msforeachtable execution. I created some new objects (Schemas, SP, Tables, ...
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Create a check constraint across multiple schemas in PostGIS [closed]
I'm a little new to this so apologies up front if my vocabulary is incorrect.
I'm trying to create a check constraint that determines whether a new point is located within an existing polygon. The ...
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Check and trigger constraints [closed]
Suppose a DB contains two tables A and B as given below:
A
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id SERIAL
id_b INTEGER -- NOT NULL reference to B.id
ts_update TIMESTAMP
B
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