I have a temp table that looks like this:
FirstName
LastName
DOB
Sex
Age
ExternalID
In my stored procedure I'm inserting these values into a regular table that has the following structure:
ID identity(1,1)
FirstName
LastName
So, I do this:
Insert into myTable
select FirstName, LastName from TempTable
During the insert I need to insert primary key from main table back into temp table "ExternalID" column. How can this be achieved?
I tried using OUTPUT statement but it only allows to insert to a separate table and then I have no way to map back to temp table
I need to insert generated IDs to column ExternalID in temp table right after the insert. FirstName and LastName are not unique.
One possible solution would be to use loop and insert one row at a time. This way, I can update temp table row with scope_identity(). But I want to avoid using loops.
Try using MERGE instead of INSERT.
MERGE allows you to output a column you didn't insert, such as an identifier on your temp table. Using this method, you can build another temporary table that maps your temp table to the inserted rows (named #TempIdTable in the sample below).
First, give #TempTable its own primary key. I'll call it TempId. I'll also assume you have a column on #TempTable to store the returned primary key from MyTable, ID.
--Make a place to store the associated ID's
DECLARE #TempIdTable TABLE
([TempId] INT NOT NULL
,[ID] INT NOT NULL)
--Will only insert, as 1 never equals 0.
MERGE INTO myTable
USING #TempTable AS tt
ON 1 = 0
WHEN NOT MATCHED
THEN
INSERT ([FirstName]
,[LastName])
VALUE (t.[FirstName]
,t.[LastName])
OUTPUT tt.[TempId], inserted.[ID] --Here's the magic
INTO #TempIdTable
--Associate the new primary keys with the temp table
UPDATE #TempTable
SET [ID] = t.[ID]
FROM #TempIdTable t
WHERE #TempTable.[TempId] = t.[TempId]
I was working on a similar issue and found this trick over here: Is it possible to for SQL Output clause to return a column not being inserted?
Here's the full code I used in my own testing.
CREATE TABLE [MQ]
([MESSAGEID] INT IDENTITY PRIMARY KEY
,[SUBJECT] NVARCHAR(255) NULL);
CREATE TABLE [MR]
([MESSAGESEQUENCE] INT IDENTITY PRIMARY KEY
,[TO] NVARCHAR(255) NOT NULL
,[CC] NVARCHAR(255) NOT NULL
,[BCC] NVARCHAR(255) NOT NULL);
CREATE TABLE #Messages (
[subject] nvarchar(255) NOT NULL
,[to] nvarchar(255) NOT NULL
,[cc] nvarchar(255) NULL
,[bcc] nvarchar(255) NULL
,[MESSAGEID] INT NULL
,[sortKey] INT IDENTITY PRIMARY KEY
);
INSERT INTO #Messages
VALUES ('Subject1','to1','cc1','bcc1', NULL)
,('Subject2','to2', NULL, NULL, NULL);
SELECT * FROM #Messages;
DECLARE #outputSort TABLE (
[sortKey] INT NOT NULL
,[MESSAGEID] INT NOT NULL
,[subject] NVARCHAR(255)
);
MERGE INTO [MQ]
USING #Messages M
ON 1 = 0
WHEN NOT MATCHED
THEN
INSERT ([SUBJECT])
VALUES (M.[subject])
OUTPUT M.[SORTKEY]
,inserted.[MESSAGEID]
,inserted.[SUBJECT]
INTO #outputSort;
SELECT * FROM #outputSort;
SELECT * FROM [MQ];
UPDATE #Messages
SET MESSAGEID = O.[MESSAGEID]
FROM #outputSort O
WHERE #Messages.[sortKey] = O.[sortKey];
SELECT * FROM #Messages;
DROP TABLE #Messages;
As you said, FirstName and LastName are not unique. This means you cannot use a trigger because there can be the same FirstName + LastName so you cannot join on them.
But you can do the inverse thing: first update your temp table ExternalID (I suggest you to use sequence object and just do update #t set ExternalID = next value for dbo.seq1;) and then just insert your rows including ExternalID into myTable. To be able to insert into identity field you can use set identity_insert myTable on or you can re-design your destination table to contain no identity at all as now you use sequence for the same purpose.
We need a unique column for able to make the comparison at the update operation after the insert. That's why we are using ExternalID column temporarily. ExternalID updated by row_nubmber.
;WITH CTE AS
(
SELECT *, RN = ROW_NUMBER() OVER(ORDER BY (SELECT NULL)) FROM #TempTable
)
UPDATE CTE SET ExternalID = RN
We are keeping the output of the insert operation in a temp table. The trick is order by with ExternalID, it will help us for making the unique row number for same first and last name
DECLARE #output TABLE (
ID INT,
FirstName VARCHAR(10),
LastName VARCHAR(10))
Insert into #myTable
OUTPUT inserted.ID, inserted.FirstName, inserted.LastName INTO #output(ID, FirstName, LastName)
select FirstName, LastName from #TempTable T
order by ExternalID
For replacing the ExternalID column with inserted id value, we are making comparing with first name, last name and row number.
;WITH TMP_T AS(
SELECT *, RN = ROW_NUMBER() OVER(PARTITION BY FirstName, LastName ORDER BY ExternalID) FROM #TempTable )
,OUT_T AS(
SELECT *, RN = ROW_NUMBER() OVER(PARTITION BY FirstName, LastName ORDER BY ID) FROM #output )
UPDATE TMP_T SET ExternalID = OUT_T.ID
FROM
TMP_T INNER JOIN OUT_T ON
TMP_T.FirstName = OUT_T.FirstName
AND TMP_T.LastName = OUT_T.LastName
AND TMP_T.RN = OUT_T.RN
Sample Data:
DECLARE #TempTable TABLE (
FirstName VARCHAR(10),
LastName VARCHAR(10),
DOB VARCHAR(10),
Sex VARCHAR (10),
Age VARCHAR(10),
ExternalID INT)
INSERT INTO #TempTable VALUES
('Serkan1', 'Arslan1', 'A','M','1',NULL),
('Serkan2', 'Arslan2', 'B','M','1',NULL),
('Serkan3', 'Arslan', 'C','M','1',NULL),
('Serkan3', 'Arslan', 'D','M','1',NULL)
DECLARE #myTable TABLE (
ID INT identity(100,1), -- started from 100 for see the difference
FirstName VARCHAR(10),
LastName VARCHAR(10))
Result:
MyTable
ID FirstName LastName
----------- ---------- ----------
100 Serkan1 Arslan1
101 Serkan2 Arslan2
102 Serkan3 Arslan
103 Serkan3 Arslan
TempTable
FirstName LastName DOB Sex Age ExternalID
---------- ---------- ---------- ---------- ---------- -----------
Serkan1 Arslan1 A M 1 100
Serkan2 Arslan2 B M 1 101
Serkan3 Arslan C M 1 102
Serkan3 Arslan D M 1 103
One way to do this is by duplicating the data into a second temp table like so:
SELECT *
INTO #TEMPTABLE
FROM (VALUES (1, 'Adam'), (2, 'Kate'), (3, 'Jess')) AS X (Id, Name)
SELECT TOP 0 CAST(NULL AS INT) AS IdentityValue, *
INTO #NEWTEMPTABLE
FROM #TEMPTABLE
CREATE TABLE #TABLEFORINSERT (
IdentityColumn INT IDENTITY(1,1),
Id INT,
Name VARCHAR(255)
)
INSERT INTO #TABLEFORINSERT (Id, Name)
OUTPUT INSERTED.IdentityColumn, INSERTED.Id, Inserted.Name INTO #NEWTEMPTABLE
SELECT Id, Name FROM #TEMPTABLE
--New temp table with identity values
SELECT * FROM #NEWTEMPTABLE
I have two table Table1 and Table2 and structure of table as
Table1
Primary Key | Name
Table2
Primary Key | Table1_Id_pk | Status - true/false value
When I insert data into Table2 I want to automatically transfer that data in table1 from Table2 which have Status false.
You can create AFTER INSERT trigger:
CREATE TRIGGER DataMigration
ON Table2
AFTER INSERT
AS
BEGIN
INSERT INTO Table1
SELECT *
FROM TAble2
WHERe Status = 'false'
END
GO
Check this example, use ##identity to get inserted row-id and use that id for child table.
declare #t1 table (pk int identity(1,1) not null , name varchar(50) )
declare #t2 table (pk int identity(1,1) not null , t1pk int, status bit )
declare #new_table1Id int
insert into #t1 values( 'ajay')
set #new_table1Id = ##IDENTITY -This gives you last inserted id of #t1
insert into #t2 values( #new_table1Id , 0)
select * from #t1
select * from #t2
##IDENTITY official documentation
For table1 Inserted 3 records
It should get those three identities and it should insert 3 records in table3 (but it’s not happening- it inserts 3 records with same identity ie.last scope identity)
create table table1(ID INT identity(1,1),Name varchar(50))
insert into table1 values('Ram'),('Sitha'),('Laxman')
create table table1(ID INT identity(1,1),Name varchar(50))
create table table3(ID INT ,Name varchar(50))
insert into table2(Name)
select Name from table1
declare #id int;
set #id= (select scope_Identity())
begin
insert into table3(ID,Name)
select #id,Name from table2
end
select * from table2
select * from table3
How can get all identities to insert do I need to write a loop (or) do I need to Create a trigger.
Please give me a solution I am strugguling from past 4 hours.
Thanks in anvance
Use the OUTPUT clause to handle multi-row inserts:
INSERT INTO dbo.table2(Name)
OUTPUT inserted.ID, inserted.Name INTO table3
SELECT Name FROM dbo.table1;
You can use the OUTPUT clause to get the identity from any number of inserts.
create table table1(ID INT identity(1,1),Name varchar(50))
DECLARE #T1 Table (ID int, name varchar(50))
insert into table1
OUTPUT inserted.ID, Inserted.Name INTO #T1
values('Ram'),('Sitha'),('Laxman')
DECLARE #IdentityId INT,#Count INT=1
DECLARE #temp AS TABLE (Id INT IDENTITY ,Name NVARCHAR(100))
INSERT INTO #temp(Name)
SELECT Name FROM table1
WHILE #Count <=(SELECT COUNT(SId) FROM #temp)
BEGIN
INSERT INTO table2(Name)
SELECT Name FROM #temp
WHERE Id=#Count
SET #IdentityId = SCOPE_IDENTITY()
INSERT INTO tabel3(#IdentityId,Name)
SELECT 3, #IdentityId,1,GETDATE()
SET #Count=#Count+1
END
DROP TABLE #ID
CREATE TABLE #ID (ID INT)
INSERT INTO #ID (ID)
VALUES (24),(65),(77),(44)
DECLARE #ID int
SELECT #ID = MAX(ID) from #ID
DROP TABLE #name
CREATE TABLE #NAME (Name char (20))
INSERT INTO #NAME (name)
VALUES ('Ben'),('Alex'),('Mark')
DROP TABLE #abc
CREATE TABLE #ABC (ID INT, Name char(20))
INSERT INTO #ABC (ID,Name)
SELECT #ID,name
FROM #name
SELECT * FROM #ABC
I want the process to pick up the maximum ID from #ID and then add 1 for the next record. So, expected result should be:
ID Name
77 Ben
78 Alex
79 Mark
Please help me getting around this logic without using cursors. Can I use IDENTITY(#ID,1) in any way? Thanks
Replace:
Select * from #ABC
For:
Select ROW_NUMBER() OVER (ORDER BY ID) + ID - 1, Name from #ABC
Working fiddle
My query in Stored procedure looks like this.
insert into a(name) select name from b.
I want to get all the new identity value from a.
How can i do this?
Thanks in advance.
insert into a(name)
OUTPUT INSERTED.IDColumn --this line for >1 row
select name from b.
The OUTPUT Clause
Have a look at OUTPUT Clause (Transact-SQL)
Something like
DECLARE #a TABLE(
ID INT IDENTITY (1,1),
Name VARCHAR(250)
)
DECLARE #b TABLE(
Name VARCHAR(250)
)
INSERT INTO #b SELECT 'a'
INSERT INTO #b SELECT 'b'
INSERT INTO #b SELECT 'c'
INSERT INTO #b SELECT 'd'
INSERT INTO #a(name)
OUTPUT INSERTED.ID
SELECT name FROM #b