Correct way of finding a tables primary keys?

Hope this is in the right thread, sorry if not!

I have run into a problem, i need to find out that column(s) in a table that makes the primary key.

I thought that this code did the trick.

***

DECLARE @.c varchar(4000), @.t varchar(128)
SET @.c = ''
SET @.t='contact_pmc_contact_relations'
Select @.c = @.c + c.name + ',' FROM syscolumns c INNER JOIN sysobjects o ON o.id = c.id inner join sysindexkeys k on o.id = k.id WHERE o.name = @.t and k.colid = c.colid ORDER BY c.colid
SELECT Substring(@.c, 1, Datalength(@.c) - 1)

***

This works in most of my cases. But i have encounterd tabels where this code doesn't work.

Here is a dump from one of the tabels where it doesn't work.

SELECT *
FROM sysindexkeys
WHERE (id = 933578364) <--id of the table

***

id indid colid keyno

933578364 1 1 1
933578364 1 2 2
933578364 2 1 1
933578364 3 2 1
933578364 4 3 1
933578364 5 4 1
933578364 6 5 1
933578364 7 6 1
933578364 8 7 1

Not sure if that dump made any sense, but i hope it did.

If i look at the table in SQL Enterprise manager there is no relations, no indexes only my primarykey made up with 2 columns (column id 1 and 2).

So, anyone know how i could solve this problem?

Regards

/Anders

to get the pk one of the best and recommended method will be

select *from INFORMATION_SCHEMA.TABLE_CONSTRAINTS where constraint_type='PRIMARY KEY'

Madhu

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SQL Server 2000 ou 2005 ?

|||Currently we'r using sql server 2000, but if there is a way that works on both 2000 and 2005 it would be really great!|||

Madhu K Nair wrote:

to get the pk one of the best and recommended method will be

select *from INFORMATION_SCHEMA.TABLE_CONSTRAINTS where constraint_type='PRIMARY KEY'

Madhu

Either im missunderstanding or that doesn't work. I want to get the columns that compose the primarykey. Not the primary key itself.

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i got the issue. Since there is no direct method (Single select statement), I will give u a workaround. If u check sp_helpconstraint , it give u the details. U can use sp_helptext to find the sourcecode behind this SP and do the required modification adn create u r own SP.

Madhu

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select * from INFORMATION_SCHEMA.[CONSTRAINT_COLUMN_USAGE]

where constraint_type='PRIMARY KEY'

Jens K. Suessmeyer

http://www.sqlserver2005.de

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Is this you are looking for?

Code Snippet

SELECT CCU.TABLE_NAME

, CCU.COLUMN_NAME

, ORDINAL_POSITION

FROM INFORMATION_SCHEMA.TABLE_CONSTRAINTS TC

JOIN INFORMATION_SCHEMA.[KEY_COLUMN_USAGE] CCU

ON TC.TABLE_NAME = CCU.TABLE_NAME

AND TC.CONSTRAINT_NAME = CCU.CONSTRAINT_NAME

WHERE CONSTRAINT_TYPE = 'PRIMARY KEY'

ORDER BY CCU.TABLE_NAME, ORDINAL_POSITION

Just expanding to what others meant to answer to your question.

Copy table Structure including primary keys, index etc.

Hi all,

I was wondering if there is a SQL command to copy the table structure of a table that includes primary keys, foreign keys, indexes, etc.

Thanks and have a nice day to all

Not a SQL command, but you can script this stuff out using the tools by right clicking the table, or programatically using SMO.

|||can you post a sample script or SMO please or send me a link discuss this matter thanks|||

Hi,

The easiest way to create the script is to right click the original table within SQL Server Management Studio and select "Script Table As ...\ Create To\ ..." . This will create a script for the table and its indexes.

Then you need to run the script but with the new tablename. After that, you need to copy the records using a insert/select command. (it is best to set the constraints/indexes afterwards).

Greetz,

Geert

Geert Verhoeven
Consultant @. Ausy Belgium

My Personal Blog

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I was thinking to use that script in my SP, On my SP I add a linked server then i want to copy all the tables exactly the same

and on the linked server the table names and table count change everyday, but i dont have any problem with that.

I was thinking if there is a way to copy exactly the same table inside an SP in that case.

Thanks

|||You can use sys tables/views inside your SP|||

can you post your samples script please.

thanks

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SELECT * INTO NewEmployee FROM Employee WHERE 1 = 0

above query will create same structure table called NewEmployee with structure of Employee. But will not have triggers and primary keys etc. you can create them by using follwing scripts

SELECT *

FROM sysobjects

WHERE parent_obj = OBJECT_ID('Employee')

SELECT *

FROM syscomments

WHERE id IN ( SELECT id

FROM sysobjects

WHERE parent_obj = OBJECT_ID('Employee') )

|||thanks for the reply Dinesh. Nice sql Stmt, does this work when you have a MS Access linked Server, is there a sysobjects table on the linked server?

Copy table record as new record

Hi
I want to create a copy of an existing record in the same table, except with
a different primary key value of course.
This is pretty easy if you specify each in turn like:
INSERT INTO TableA
(
Col1
Col2
...
)
SELECT Col1, Col2, ...
FROM TableA
WHERE PK = @.RecordtoCopy
However, in my situation the database structure is evolving. Therefore, if
the fields in the TableA, above, are changed then the associated SQL script
is no longer valid.
Is there some way of doing the equivalent of:
INSERT INTO TableA
SELECT * FROM TableA
WHERE PK = @.RecordtoCopy
but leaving out the primary key field, which is an identity field.
That is, I don't want to have to specify the column names each time. I
guess I could use 'sycolumns' to construct a query or is there an easier way
?
What I've shown here is a very simplistic query. Mine are much more
complex, and I want to copy all fields from several records in tables formin
g
an hierarchical structure.
Cheers
TimHi Tim
I dont imagine a situation where you need to keep duplicate copy in the same
table.
Can you explain why you want to do that so to as provide some thought on tha
t.
Regards
R.D
"Tim M" wrote:

> Hi
> I want to create a copy of an existing record in the same table, except wi
th
> a different primary key value of course.
> This is pretty easy if you specify each in turn like:
> INSERT INTO TableA
> (
> Col1
> Col2
> ...
> )
> SELECT Col1, Col2, ...
> FROM TableA
> WHERE PK = @.RecordtoCopy
> However, in my situation the database structure is evolving. Therefore, i
f
> the fields in the TableA, above, are changed then the associated SQL scrip
t
> is no longer valid.
> Is there some way of doing the equivalent of:
> INSERT INTO TableA
> SELECT * FROM TableA
> WHERE PK = @.RecordtoCopy
> but leaving out the primary key field, which is an identity field.
> That is, I don't want to have to specify the column names each time. I
> guess I could use 'sycolumns' to construct a query or is there an easier w
ay?
> What I've shown here is a very simplistic query. Mine are much more
> complex, and I want to copy all fields from several records in tables form
ing
> an hierarchical structure.
> Cheers
> Tim
>|||This is for a cost estimating system where you want to create a new version
of an existing estimate. This would happen when you want to be on a new job
,
which is very similar to one that was previously costed and you want to use
the old one as a template for a new one.
I think I've solved it anyway. The code below is a function that creates an
insert clause as a string.
CREATE FUNCTION dbo.fn_CreateInsert (@.@.Table varchar(50), @.@.PKey
varchar(20)) RETURNS varchar(1000) AS
BEGIN
DECLARE @.InsertClause varchar(1000),
@.@.TableName varchar(255),
@.ColName varchar(255),
@.ColsCursor CURSOR
SET @.ColsCursor = CURSOR FAST_FORWARD
FOR
SELECT sysobjects.name AS TableName, syscolumns.name AS ColumnName
FROM syscolumns
INNER JOIN systypes ON syscolumns.xtype = systypes.xtype
INNER JOIN (sysobjects INNER JOIN sysusers ON sysobjects.uid =
sysusers.uid)
ON syscolumns.id = sysobjects.id
WHERE sysobjects.name = @.@.Table
OPEN @.ColsCursor
FETCH NEXT FROM @.ColsCursor
INTO @.@.TableName, @.ColName
SET @.InsertClause = ''
WHILE @.@.FETCH_STATUS = 0
BEGIN
IF @.ColName NOT IN (@.@.PKey, 'DateCreated', 'DateModified')
BEGIN
IF @.InsertClause = ''
SET @.InsertClause = '(' + @.ColName
ELSE
SET @.InsertClause = @.InsertClause + ', ' + @.ColName
END
FETCH NEXT FROM @.ColsCursor
INTO @.@.TableName,@.ColName
END
CLOSE @.ColsCursor
DEALLOCATE @.ColsCursor
SET @.InsertClause = 'INSERT INTO ' + @.@.Table + ' ' + @.InsertClause + ')'
RETURN @.InsertClause
END
GO
"R.D" wrote:
> Hi Tim
> I dont imagine a situation where you need to keep duplicate copy in the sa
me
> table.
> Can you explain why you want to do that so to as provide some thought on t
hat.
> Regards
> R.D
> "Tim M" wrote:
>|||Tim, try,
-- DDL & sample data
create table dbo.t1
(
keycol int not null identity primary key,
col1 int,
col2 int,
col3 int
);
insert into dbo.t1 values(1, 2, 3);
go
-- usp_copyt1row proc
create proc usp_copyt1row
@.keyval as int
as
declare @.col_list as nvarchar(1000), @.sql as nvarchar(4000);
set @.col_list = N'';
select @.col_list = @.col_list + ',[' + column_name + N']'
from information_schema.columns
where table_schema = N'dbo'
and table_name = N't1'
and column_name <> N'keycol';
set @.col_list = right(@.col_list, len(@.col_list) - 1);
set @.sql =
N'insert into dbo.t1('
+ @.col_list + N') select '
+ @.col_list + N' from dbo.t1 where keycol = @.keyval'
exec sp_executesql
@.sql, N'@.keyval as int', @.keyval;
go
-- test
exec usp_copyt1row 1;
exec usp_copyt1row 2;
select * from dbo.t1;
-- Output
keycol col1 col2 col3
-- -- -- --
1 1 2 3
2 1 2 3
3 1 2 3
BG, SQL Server MVP
www.SolidQualityLearning.com
"Tim M" wrote:

> Hi
> I want to create a copy of an existing record in the same table, except wi
th
> a different primary key value of course.
> This is pretty easy if you specify each in turn like:
> INSERT INTO TableA
> (
> Col1
> Col2
> ...
> )
> SELECT Col1, Col2, ...
> FROM TableA
> WHERE PK = @.RecordtoCopy
> However, in my situation the database structure is evolving. Therefore, i
f
> the fields in the TableA, above, are changed then the associated SQL scrip
t
> is no longer valid.
> Is there some way of doing the equivalent of:
> INSERT INTO TableA
> SELECT * FROM TableA
> WHERE PK = @.RecordtoCopy
> but leaving out the primary key field, which is an identity field.
> That is, I don't want to have to specify the column names each time. I
> guess I could use 'sycolumns' to construct a query or is there an easier w
ay?
> What I've shown here is a very simplistic query. Mine are much more
> complex, and I want to copy all fields from several records in tables form
ing
> an hierarchical structure.
> Cheers
> Tim
>|||Thanks for that.
"Itzik Ben-Gan" wrote:
> Tim, try,
> -- DDL & sample data
> create table dbo.t1
> (
> keycol int not null identity primary key,
> col1 int,
> col2 int,
> col3 int
> );
> insert into dbo.t1 values(1, 2, 3);
> go
> -- usp_copyt1row proc
> create proc usp_copyt1row
> @.keyval as int
> as
> declare @.col_list as nvarchar(1000), @.sql as nvarchar(4000);
> set @.col_list = N'';
> select @.col_list = @.col_list + ',[' + column_name + N']'
> from information_schema.columns
> where table_schema = N'dbo'
> and table_name = N't1'
> and column_name <> N'keycol';
> set @.col_list = right(@.col_list, len(@.col_list) - 1);
> set @.sql =
> N'insert into dbo.t1('
> + @.col_list + N') select '
> + @.col_list + N' from dbo.t1 where keycol = @.keyval'
> exec sp_executesql
> @.sql, N'@.keyval as int', @.keyval;
> go
> -- test
> exec usp_copyt1row 1;
> exec usp_copyt1row 2;
> select * from dbo.t1;
> -- Output
> keycol col1 col2 col3
> -- -- -- --
> 1 1 2 3
> 2 1 2 3
> 3 1 2 3
> --
> BG, SQL Server MVP
> www.SolidQualityLearning.com
>
> "Tim M" wrote:
>