Script to Create Foreign Key on the Compound Primary Key

Posted by Jugal Shah on April 16, 2012

Compound Primary key is a primary key which is created on more than one column. Now the questions is how to create the foreign key for the compound primary key where it references more than one column.

Check the below example.

create table employee
(
	empID int not null,
	SSN int not null,
	name varchar(20)
)


ALTER TABLE [employee]
ADD CONSTRAINT pk_employee PRIMARY KEY (empID, SSN)


create table EmpDetail
(
		empID int,
		SSN int,
		address varchar(20),
		city varchar(20),
		pin varchar(20)
)

ALTER TABLE dbo.empDetail
   ADD CONSTRAINT FK_Employee
   FOREIGN KEY(empID, SSN)
   REFERENCES dbo.employee(empID, SSN)


SELECT
    tc.TABLE_NAME,
    tc.CONSTRAINT_NAME, 
    ccu.COLUMN_NAME
FROM 
    INFORMATION_SCHEMA.TABLE_CONSTRAINTS tc
INNER JOIN 
    INFORMATION_SCHEMA.CONSTRAINT_COLUMN_USAGE ccu 
      ON ccu.TABLE_NAME = tc.TABLE_NAME AND ccu.CONSTRAINT_NAME = tc.CONSTRAINT_NAME
WHERE
    tc.TABLE_NAME IN ('employee','employeeDetail')

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Primary Key, Unique Key Constraints – Clustered Index and Non Clustered Index

Posted by Jugal Shah on April 15, 2012

You can use the below script to create the Primary Key on the already existing tables. Primary key enforces a uniqueness in the column and created the clustered index as default.

Primary key will not allow NULL values.

-- Adding the NON NULL constraint
ALTER TABLE [TableName]	 
ALTER COLUMN PK_ColumnName int NOT NULL

--Script to add the primary key on the existing table
ALTER TABLE [TableName]
ADD CONSTRAINT pk_ConstraintName PRIMARY KEY (PK_ColumnName)

If you want to define or create the non-clustered index on the existing table, you can use the below script. If the data in the column is unique, you can create the Unique Constraint as well.

Unique Key enforces uniqueness of the column on which they are defined. Unique Key creates a non-clustered index on the column. Unique Key allows only one NULL Value.

--script to create non-clustered Index
create index IX_ColumName on TableName(ColumnName)
--script to create Unique constraint on the existing table
ALTER TABLE TableName ADD CONSTRAINT ConstraintName UNIQUE(ColumnName)

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Blog Stats

Posted by Jugal Shah on April 13, 2012

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Again Awarded as MVP for 2012-2013

Posted by Jugal Shah on April 1, 2012

Dear Friends,

I want to share a good news with you all, I am again 3rd time awarded as MVP in SQL Server. Thanks for reading my site, I will keep posting the best article and always there to solve your queries.

Thanks,
Jugal Shah

You will see the 2012 in below award shortly -:)

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Using PowerShell to Register All SQL Instances Into Central Management Server

Posted by Jugal Shah on March 29, 2012

Problem

Managing multiple SQL Servers has its challenges. One of the big challenges is having to collect data from each of the servers you manage and figure out which servers need attention. SQL Server has introduced a new feature called Central Management repository which can be used to manage multiple instances. One of the challenges to using CMS is that you have to register all the SQL Servers manually into CMS.  The below article will guide you on how to register hundreds of servers in a second for SQL Server CMS.

Solution

http://www.mssqltips.com/sqlservertip/2658/using-powershell-to-register-all-sql-instances-into-central-management-server/

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Bug Fix: Property IsLocked is not available for Login ‘[sa]‘. This property may not exist for this object, or may not be retrievable due to insufficient access rights

Posted by Jugal Shah on March 28, 2012

Problem: Property IsLocked is not available for Login ‘[sa]‘. This property may not exist for this object, or may not be retrievable due to insufficient access rights. (Microsoft.SqlServer.Smo)

 

Solution: You will get the above error, in case of one of the below issue.

  1. SQL Server authentication mode is Windows Only
  2. SA Account is disable
  3. SA account is locked

SQL Server authentication mode is Windows Only

You can check the SQL Server authentication mode using below query.

SELECT
CASE
SERVERPROPERTY(‘IsIntegratedSecurityOnly’)

WHEN 1 THEN
‘Windows Authentication’

WHEN 0 THEN
‘Windows and SQL Server Authentication’

END
as [Authentication Mode]

If the authentication mode Windows, you have to change the authentication mode is Mix Mode. You can change the authentication mode by right click on Server Properties -> Security tab.
This requires SQL Server Service restart.

SA Account is locked/Disable

You can execute below query to check whether SA account is locked or not. If the account is locked it will return 1 and 0 for un-locked.

SELECT
LOGINPROPERTY(‘sa’,
‘IsLocked’)

You can investigate whether SA account is locked by bad Password using below query. It will return the count of consecutive failed login attempts

SELECT
LOGINPROPERTY(‘sa’,
‘BadPasswordCount’);

GO

Right click on SA account and check the SA account properties, check the below properties of the SA login whether it is disabled or locked.

Execute the below script to unlock and enable the SA account

ALTER
LOGIN [sa] WITH
PASSWORD=N’Password’,

DEFAULT_DATABASE=[master],

DEFAULT_LANGUAGE=[us_english],

CHECK_EXPIRATION=OFF,

CHECK_POLICY=OFF

GO

ALTER
LOGIN [sa] ENABLE

GO

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How to setup schedule Maintenance Plan?

Posted by Jugal Shah on March 24, 2012

Step 1: Launch SQL Server Management Studio and In the Object Explorer expand the Management folder.

Step 2: Right click on the Maintenance Plans folder and select New Maintenance Plan.

 

Step 3: Give the meaning full name to maintenance plan.


 

Step 4: From the Toolbox drag and drop a Check Database Integrity Task, Rebuild Index Task, Update Statistics Task and place them vertically in the same order.

Step 5: Connect the tasks together by dragging the arrow from one box to the other so they are connected as: Check Database Integrity Task – Rebuild Index Task – Update Statistics Task.


Step 6 Right click on the each tasks and select the databases in maintenance plan.

Step 7 Schedule a maintenance plan to run in off business hours.

 


 

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How to check the Index Fragmentation in SQL Server?

Posted by Jugal Shah on March 24, 2012

Step 1: Launch SQL Server Management Studio.

Step 2: In the object explorer, right click on the database and select Reports -> Standard Reports -> Index Physical Statistics.

Step 3: SQL Server Management Studio will generate a report showing information about the Table Names, Index Names, Index Type, Number of Partitions and Operation Recommendations.

Step 4: Repeat the above steps to check the fragmentation of all user databases.

 

One key value that is provided in the report is the Operation Recommended field. Any value of Rebuild is an indication that the index is fragmented.

By expanding the # Partitions field, you can see the % of fragmentation for a given index.

 

Report looks like below.

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How to connect the SQL Server running on the different TCP/IP port?

Posted by Jugal Shah on March 14, 2012

In case you have configured SQL Instance to use the static TCP/IP port number. You can connect SQL Server as below using SSMS.

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How to check waits in SQL Server 2000?

Posted by Jugal Shah on March 10, 2012

Today I got a comment, how to check the wait statistics in SQL Server 2000. You can query sysprocesses table and use the DBCC SQLPERF to get the wait statistics in SQL Server 2000.

select top 5* from sysprocesses
dbcc sqlperf(‘waitstats’)

Wait Statistics Image

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How to use RunAs command for SSMS if option does not exist?

Posted by Jugal Shah on March 7, 2012

Problem

As a best practice in the industry, a DBA often has two logins that are used to access SQL Server; one is their normal Windows login and the other is an admin level login account which has sysAdmin rights on the SQL Server boxes. In addition most of the time the SQL Server client tools are only installed on the local desktop and not on the SQL Server Production Box. In order to use the different login to connect to SQL Server using SSMS you need to use the “Run as” feature. What do you do in the case of Windows 7 or Windows Vista where you can’t find the Run As Different User option.

Solution

http://www.mssqltips.com/sqlservertip/2617/how-to-use-runas-command-for-ssms-if-option-does-not-exist/

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Looking for Job Change?

Posted by Jugal Shah on March 5, 2012

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