I have been trying (unsuccessfully) to create a table with a UNIQUEIDENTIFIER as the primary key. The script below will create the table just fine, however there is no PK specified. This is my first time using a UNIQUEIDENTIFIER, however. Any ideas?
T-SQL
CREATE TABLE [dbo].[AgentRelationshipCodes]
(
Id UNIQUEIDENTIFIER NOT NULL DEFAULT NEWID(),
RelationshipId char(3) NULL,
EffectiveDate datetime NULL,
LastChangeDate datetime NOT NULL,
LastChangeId char(6) NOT NULL,
AgtTableId int FOREIGN KEY REFERENCES AgentTransmission(ID)
);
Management Studio
create table [dbo].[AgentRelationshipCodes]
(
Id UNIQUEIDENTIFIER NOT NULL PRIMARY KEY DEFAULT NEWID(),
.
.
.
)
Repeat for the other tables.
Answered here by Christian Hayter
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Table 1:
CREATE TABLE News
(
News_Id int PRIMARY KEY IDENTITY(1,1),
Title nvarchar(200) NOT NULL,
Author nvarchar(50),
Calender DATETIME NOT NULL,
Contents nvarchar(20) NOT NULL, --store link to text file
[Type_Id] int ,
FOREIGN KEY ([Type_Id]) REFERENCES [Types]([Type_Id])
)
Table 2:
CREATE TABLE [Types]
(
[Type_Id] int,
Name nvarchar(50),
PRIMARY KEY ([Type_Id])
)
I get this error:
FK_News references invalid table Types
Can you help me?
You have to create Type table first and then News tables, as you are referencing foreign key from Type table to News table.
Table1:
CREATE TABLE [Types](
[Type_Id] int,
Name nvarchar(50),
PRIMARY KEY ([Type_Id])
)
Table2:
CREATE TABLE News(
News_Id int PRIMARY KEY IDENTITY(1,1),
Title nvarchar(200) NOT NULL,
Author nvarchar(50),
Calender DATETIME NOT NULL,
Contents nvarchar(20) NOT NULL, --store link to text file
[Type_Id] int ,
FOREIGN KEY ([Type_Id]) REFERENCES [Types]([Type_Id])
)
Since you have created News table first, drop it and recreate it. Or create both the tables without constraints and then alter both the tables with primary key ad foreign key receptively
Since the Types table seems to be the primary one, you should create it first:
CREATE TABLE [Types](
[Type_Id] int,
Name nvarchar(50),
PRIMARY KEY ([Type_Id])
);
Then, create the News table, which has foreign keys referring to Types above:
CREATE TABLE News(
News_Id int PRIMARY KEY IDENTITY(1,1),
Title nvarchar(200) NOT NULL,
Author nvarchar(50),
Calender DATETIME NOT NULL,
Contents nvarchar(20) NOT NULL, --store link to text file
[Type_Id] int ,
FOREIGN KEY ([Type_Id]) REFERENCES [Types]([Type_Id])
);
It isn't possible to point a foreign key to a table which does not yet exist.
I'm currently working through an assignment that is asking me to create a SQL database using SQL Server Express. This is what it's asking for:
CREATE DATABASE USING SQL
And this is the code I have tried running;
CREATE DATABASE db_Library
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USE db_Library
CREATE TABLE tbl_library_branch
(
library_branch_branch_id INT PRIMARY KEY NOT NULL IDENTITY (1,1),
library_branch_branch_name VARCHAR(50) NOT NULL,
library_branch_address VARCHAR(50) NOT NULL
);
CREATE TABLE tbl_publisher
(
library_publisher_publisher_name VARCHAR(50) PRIMARY KEY NOT NULL,
library_publisher_address VARCHAR(50) NOT NULL,
library_publisher_phone INT NOT NULL
);
CREATE TABLE tbl_books
(
library_books_book_id INT PRIMARY KEY NOT NULL IDENTITY (1,1),
library_books_title VARCHAR(50) NOT NULL,
library_books_publisher_name VARCHAR(50) NOT NULL CONSTRAINT fk_library_books_publisher_name FOREIGN KEY REFERENCES tbl_publisher(library_publisher_publisher_name) ON UPDATE CASCADE ON DELETE CASCADE
);
CREATE TABLE tbl_book_authors
(
library_book_authors_book_id INT NOT NULL CONSTRAINT fk_library_book_authors_book_id FOREIGN KEY REFERENCES tbl_books(library_books_book_id) ON UPDATE CASCADE ON DELETE CASCADE,
library_book_authors_author_name VARCHAR(50) NOT NULL
);
CREATE TABLE tbl_book_copies
(
library_book_copies_book_id INT NOT NULL CONSTRAINT fk_library_book_copies_book_id FOREIGN KEY REFERENCES tbl_books(library_books_title),
library_book_copies_branch_id INT NOT NULL,
library_book_copies_number_of_copies INT NOT NULL
);
CREATE TABLE tbl_book_loans
(
library_book_loans_book_id INT NOT NULL,
library_book_loans_branch_id INT NOT NULL,
library_book_loans_card_no INT NOT NULL,
library_book_loans_date_out INT NOT NULL,
library_book_loans_date_due INT NOT NULL
);
CREATE TABLE tbl_borrower
(
library_borrower_card_no INT PRIMARY KEY NOT NULL IDENTITY (1,1),
library_borrower_name VARCHAR(50) NOT NULL,
library_borrower_address VARCHAR(50) NOT NULL,
library_borrower_phone VARCHAR(50) NOT NULL
);
Using the library "Books" as an example it looks like I need to have BoodID as a primary key and Title as a primary key, but you can't have more than one primary key per table..
Then I have to take BookID from the Book_Copies table and the Book_Loans table connect to the primary key of Title in Books?
I'm beyond stuck at this point and would appreciate any resources you think could help.
There is no need to be so verbose. I think you want something more like this (for two tables):
CREATE TABLE tbl_publisher (
publisher_id int IDENTITY(1, 1) PRIMARY KEY,
publisher_name VARCHAR(50) NOT NULL UNIQUE,
address VARCHAR(50) NOT NULL,
phone INT NOT NULL
);
CREATE TABLE books (
book_id INT IDENTITY (1,1) PRIMARY KEY,
title VARCHAR(50) NOT NULL UNIQUE,
publisher_id INT NOT NULL CONSTRAINT fk_books_publisher__id FOREIGN KEY REFERENCES tbl_publisher(publisher_id) ON UPDATE CASCADE ON DELETE CASCADE
);
Notes:
Stick with synthetic primary keys for all the tables. That is, identity columns.
Other columns can be declared to be unique. That is fine.
I type quite fast. And yet I would quickly wary of typing library_book_ over and over. Such repetition just makes it harder to write and read queries.
In previous versions of Visual studio there was a way to build DB using diagrams.
In 2012 they took out that possibility.
I need to create script which creates table for category tree.
CREATE TABLE [dbo].[Categories]
(
[Id] INT NOT NULL PRIMARY KEY IDENTITY,
[Name] NVARCHAR(50) NOT NULL,
[ParentId] INT NOT NULL DEFAULT 0,
[FK_Parent] int FOREIGN KEY ([ParentId]) REFERENCES [Categories]([Id]) NOT NULL
)
If I create table like this, I cannot add top level records.
Define top-level records as having a NULL FK_Parent. Just change your definition to allow nulls.
CREATE TABLE [dbo].[Categories]
(
[Id] INT NOT NULL PRIMARY KEY IDENTITY,
[Name] NVARCHAR(50) NOT NULL,
[ParentId] INT NOT NULL ,
---llow NULL FK_Parent for top-level
CONSTRAINT [FK_Parent] FOREIGN KEY ([ParentId]) REFERENCES [Categories]([Id])
)
CREATE DATABASE agom COLLATE Arabic_CI_AS
CREATE TABLE Branches
(
ID INT PRIMARY KEY NOT NULL IDENTITY,
NAME VARCHAR(255) NOT NULL
)
CREATE TABLE agom.Brands
(
ID INT PRIMARY KEY NOT NULL IDENTITY,
NAME VARCHAR(255) NOT NULL
)
CREATE TABLE agom.Work_Order
(
NUMBER INT NOT NULL,
BRANCHID INT NOT NULL,
BRANDID INT NOT NULL,
WDATE DATE NOT NULL,
REPAIRSTATUS VARCHAR(255),
REPAIRCOST VARCHAR(255),
REMARK VARCHAR(500),
PRIMARY KEY (NUMBER,BRANCHID,BRANDID)
)
CREATE TABLE agom.Profiles
(
ID INT PRIMARY KEY NOT NULL IDENTITY,
USERNAME VARCHAR(25) NOT NULL,
PASS VARCHAR(25) NOT NULL
)
ALTER TABLE agom.Work_Order
ADD CONSTRAINT branchfk
FOREIGN KEY (BRANCHID) REFERENCES Branches(ID)
ALTER TABLE agom.Work_Order
ADD CONSTRAINT brandfk
FOREIGN KEY (BRANDID) REFERENCES Brands(ID)
I get an error that cannot create table
I try to write database name with the table name db.tablename but it's not working
I need to create the database then create the tables and its constraints but I don't know where is the error.I am a sql noob
It's never Database.Table.
It's either Table, or Schema.Table, or Database.Schema.Table, or Server.Database.Schema.Table.
You probably just want to insert USE agom right after create database, and then only refer to tables by name.
Alternatively, you can refer to your tables as agom.dbo.Work_Order, dbo being the default database schema.
See Using Identifiers As Object Names for general reference.
I'm trying to create a hypothetical videostore database and this error message comes up everytime I execute this query:
DROP DATABASE videostore
CREATE DATABASE videostore
CREATE TABLE genre
(
genre_id INT NOT NULL PRIMARY KEY IDENTITY,
genre_name VARCHAR(15) NOT NULL
);
CREATE TABLE classification
(
rating VARCHAR(2) NOT NULL CONSTRAINT classification_pk PRIMARY KEY,
description VARCHAR(100) NOT NULL,
minimum_age INT NULL,
);
CREATE TABLE format
(
format_id INT NOT NULL CONSTRAINT format_pk PRIMARY KEY IDENTITY,
format_name VARCHAR(8) NOT NULL,
purchase_cost FLOAT NOT NULL
);
CREATE TABLE rental_cost
(
rental_cost_id INT NOT NULL CONSTRAINT rental_cost_pk PRIMARY KEY IDENTITY,
rental_name VARCHAR(15) NOT NULL,
rental_cost FLOAT NOT NULL,
rental_days TINYINT NOT NULL
);
CREATE TABLE customer
(
customer_id INT NOT NULL CONSTRAINT customer_pk PRIMARY KEY IDENTITY,
first_name VARCHAR(20) NOT NULL,
surname VARCHAR(20) NOT NULL,
dob DATETIME NOT NULL,
home_address VARCHAR(50) NOT NULL,
contact_number VARCHAR(10) NOT NULL,
referrer_id INT NULL FOREIGN KEY REFERENCES customer(customer_id),
);
CREATE TABLE movie
(
movie_id INT NOT NULL CONSTRAINT movie_pk PRIMARY KEY IDENTITY,
movie_name VARCHAR(40) NOT NULL,
year SMALLINT NOT NULL,
duration SMALLINT NULL,
descrip VARCHAR(120) NULL,
classification VARCHAR(2) NOT NULL FOREIGN KEY REFERENCES classification(rating),
rental_cost_id INT NOT NULL FOREIGN KEY REFERENCES rental_cost(rental_cost_id),
);
CREATE TABLE copy
(
copy_id INT NOT NULL CONSTRAINT copy_pk PRIMARY KEY IDENTITY,
movie_id INT NOT NULL FOREIGN KEY REFERENCES movie(movie_id),
format_id INT NOT NULL FOREIGN KEY REFERENCES format(format_id),
);
CREATE TABLE rental
(
rental_id INT NOT NULL CONSTRAINT rental_pk PRIMARY KEY IDENTITY,
copy_id INT NOT NULL FOREIGN KEY REFERENCES copy(copy_id),
customer_id INT NOT NULL FOREIGN KEY REFERENCES customer(customer_id),
rental_date DATETIME NOT NULL,
return_date DATETIME NULL
);
CREATE TABLE genre_movie
(
genre_id INT NOT NULL FOREIGN KEY REFERENCES genre(genre_id),
movie_id INT NOT NULL FOREIGN KEY REFERENCES movie(movie_id),
CONSTRAINT genre_movie_pk PRIMARY KEY (genre_id, movie_id)
);
(Sorry it's not in the correct format for reading a script with ease, I just really couldn't work out how to do that.)
Basically when I execute the SQL script it tells me that the object 'genre' already exists, but I can't see it anywhere else in my code.
And the table shouldn't already exist because I drop the database each time the script is executed right?
Sidenote - if there's a better way to make it so the database is dropped only if it exists please help me with that also.
Appreciate it.
I think you need to add USE videostore after the CREATE DATABASE videostore. Otherwise you are creating tables in whatever database you are currently in.
I think you are executing this in the context of the master database. If you check it you will probably see all your tables are actually in master.
Change the first part to this:
DROP DATABASE videostore
CREATE DATABASE videostore
USE videostore
CREATE TABLE genre
It's generally best to execute sql statements when required - try:
DROP DATABASE videostore
GO
CREATE DATABASE videostore
GO
USE videostore
CREATE TABLE genre
(
genre_id INT NOT NULL PRIMARY KEY IDENTITY,
genre_name VARCHAR(15) NOT NULL
);
GO
etc.