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Find Missing Constraints

Procedure to help find missing constraints when comparing two databases that are supposed to be the same.  SP has ability to show all constraints per database, and the ability to generate create scripts to make adding the missing constraints easier.

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2006-12-26 (first published: )

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Techniques for Uniquely Identifying Database Records

When designing and creating a data model for a data-driven application, the records in tables must each be uniquely identifiable. By having a unique value associated with each record, individual records can be selected, updated, or deleted. Being able to uniquely identify records is so important and standard in a database system that databases allow those designing a database table to specify what column (or columns) make up the primary key.

2006-12-22

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2006-12-21

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The Max PK Length

If I create a multiple column Primary Key constraint, what is the most number of bytes I can include in the constraint?

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