Inserting a record into a table

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Inserting a record into a table

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September 11, 2013 at 12:37 pm

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I have a table as follows
ID Type XID Note
21 Note 1 This is a note
21 Note 2 This is not for 2
the primary key is a composite key made up of "ID+Type+XID" and i am trying to insert a new record as (22,Note,1, this is note for 22).
however i receive a message a primary key violation for inserting "1" again i think, how can i manage my insert so that the new record is inserted for 22 while ignoring the violation. It could probably be an error on design and i have no choice but to work around it.
thanks.

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Sean Lange SSC Guru Points: 286573 More actions · Answer 1

SQLTestUser (9/11/2013)
I have a table as follows
ID Type XID Note
21 Note 1 This is a note
21 Note 2 This is not for 2
the primary key is a composite key made up of "ID+Type+XID" and i am trying to insert a new record as (22,Note,1, this is note for 22).
however i receive a message a primary key violation for inserting "1" again i think, how can i manage my insert so that the new record is inserted for 22 while ignoring the violation. It could probably be an error on design and i have no choice but to work around it.
thanks.

It sounds like you are trying to insert a row with a primary key that already exists. You can't insert that row. You can't ignore a primary key violation, if you could it would destroy the whole purpose of a primary key.

Does this query return a row?

select *

from SomeTable

where ID = 22

and [Type] = 'Note'

and XID = 1

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SQLTestUser Hall of Fame Points: 3997 More actions · Answer 2

Thanks and sorry for the question, i was trying to insert the same record twice. Sorry about misleading you guys.

thanks