In the below code, do I need the 'NOT NULL' after the 'state char(2)'? I am guessing that I do not need it since I have the CHECK constraint on the column.
CREATE TABLE employee(
id PRIMARY KEY,
first varchar(20) NOT NULL,
middle varchar(20),
[code]....
I have 3 columns in a table: colX, colY, colZ.
Trying to find a way to prevent duplicates with these, but only if colX is not null.
For example, if there are already values for: colX = 1, colY = 1, colZ = 1
then:
Allowed: colX = null, colY = 1, colZ = 1
Not allowed: colX = 1, colY = 1, colZ = 1
I can't create a unique constraint on these columns because there are many null values for column colX, and as mentioned, when colX is null, colY and colZ can be any values.
I also tried using a before insert trigger to find duplicates before posting and raise an error if found, but this causes an ORA-04091 mutating error since the trigger in the table is referencing itself to check for duplicates.
Also, I know there is something called a function based index, but I cannot use those with my code, so I need another solution if possible.
I have table customer which contains a column CUSTOMER_FIRST_NAME
CUSTOMER_FIRST_NAME VARCHAR2(50)
What will be sql statement to add a constraint on the CUSTOMER_FIRST_NAME column of the CUSTOMERS table so that the value inserted in the column does not have numbers ?
previously i set null constraint to the column and creating some rows and need to change new entering values as not null constraint to the column in oracle without disturbing the old records. how can I do that.
View 5 Replies View RelatedI am trying to add a not null constraint on a collection for testing. It not allowed null values as below
pointers@ORCL> declare
2 type test_type is table of number not null;
3 t_test test_type;
4 begin
5 t_test := test_type(2,4,null); --null is being added
6 dbms_output.put_line('Type variable is initialized and the first element value is '||t_test(1));
[code]....
But what I observed is, i can add, null elements by using 'EXTEND' routine though 'not null' constraint is used for that type.
The below is the example.
pointers@ORCL> ed
Wrote file afiedt.buf
1 declare
2 type test_type is table of number not null;
3 t_test test_type;
4 begin
5 t_test := test_type(2,4);
[code]....
what is the difference between assertions and check constraint?
View 9 Replies View RelatedHow can I modify the check constraint without dropping the already existing check constraint.
Example: alter table table_1 add constraint const_chk check (ATTRIBUTE7 in
('READ','UNREAD');
Want to add some TENTATIVE value for the already existing one. I could do that by dropping the constraint
ALTER TABLE table_1 DROP CONSTRAINT const_chk and modifying it later as
alter table table_1 add constraint const_chk check (ATTRIBUTE7 in
('READ','UNREAD','TENTATIVE');
Is it possible to do that with out dropping the constraint?
i have a table for example :
CREATE TABLE RMD_2
(
"RMD_ID" NUMBER(10,0) NOT NULL ENABLE,
"ABB" VARCHAR2(16 BYTE),
"ACT_IND" VARCHAR2(1 BYTE) NOT NULL DISABLE,
CONSTRAINT "RMD_2_C1" CHECK (act_ind IN ('Y', 'N')) ENABLE
)
for column ACT_IND their is a check constraint RMD_2_C1 it should only accept either Y or N.
but, when ever i am inserting other values other than Y or N it is accepting it should not accept and it should have to give error message ORA-02293- : check constraint violated.
but it is not happening,it is accepting all other values even NULL value also.my requirement is this column should only accept either Y or N and it should not accept other values.
I have table EMP & DEPT.
Can you give me sample "check" constraint so that when I enter an EMP (with status='active') without matching DEPT entry, the process will fail?
It will allow to enter EMP with status='inactive' only even if no matching DEPT entry. So foreign_key will not apply.
I have a table where I want user to fill in unique values for a field which is easy to do.
Problem is sometimes the values can be null so an ordinary unique constraint does not work because multiple null records. Is there a way of validating only non null values to ensure all data entered that is non null is unique?
Why can't we create null constraint on table level?
View 20 Replies View RelatedI need to alter a table to check that the data in a column is contained in a similar column in another table.
I have a STORES table and a STORE_REP table. Both tables have a column REP_ID.
I need to add a CHECK constraint into the STORES table to make sure that the info entered into its REP_ID column matches an entry in the STORE_REP table.
Both have a NUMBER(5) data type.
Will it make any difference if the REP_ID column in the STORE_REP table was originally created with a VARCHAR2(5) data type and was later converted to NUMBER(5), while the REP_ID column in the STORES table was created as NUMBER(5) when that table was created?
I have a table which has a not null column. the column is date field. I am trying to change it to Null. But it is giving a error.
I am using below query.
ALTER TABLE T_test
modify (paid_to_date null)
i want to check cursor having record or null/ if having records then count of records?
View 5 Replies View RelatedHow can I use OR condition in sql to check whether if the 6 col values in a row is NULL, I need something like below, but idk the syntax of checking if either of the mentioned cols is null using an or condition.
select a.mid
FROM table_a a
JOIN table_b b
ON a.dept = b.dept
JOIN table_c c
ON b.eid = c.eid
WHERE a.tid = :tid
AND (a.i1 or a.i2 or a.i3 or a.n1 or a.n2 or a.n3 or a.t1 or a.t2 or a.t3 ) IS NULL
Can i use a trim(col_name) to check a NULL value in a table? as IS NULL function is taking a long time.
View 8 Replies View Relatedwhen i follow this steps mention on this website
[URL].........
to modify column from null to not null i got this error and on this website its show successful
my steps are
first i create a table
SQL> create table Stu_Table(Stu_Id varchar(2), Stu_Name varchar(10),
2 Stu_Class varchar(10));
Table created.
Then insert some rows into Stu_Table
SQL> insert into Stu_Table (Stu_Id, Stu_Name) values(1,'Komal');
1 row created.
SQL> insert into Stu_Table (Stu_Id, Stu_Name) values(2,'Ajay');
1 row created.
SQL> insert into Stu_Table (Stu_Id, Stu_Name) values(3,'Rakesh');
1 row created.
SQL> insert into Stu_Table (Stu_Id, Stu_Name) values(4,'Bhanu');
1 row created.
SQL> insert into Stu_Table (Stu_Id, Stu_Name) values(5,'Santosh');
1 row created.
SQL> select * from Stu_Table;
ST STU_NAME STU_CLASS
-- ---------- ----------
1 Komal
2 Ajay
3 Rakesh
4 Bhanu
5 Santosh
Table Structure is like this
SQL> Describe Stu_Table
Name Null? Type
----------------------------------------- -------- ----------------------------
STU_ID VARCHAR2(2)
STU_NAME VARCHAR2(10)
STU_CLASS VARCHAR2(10)
now when i try to modify this Stu_id column to not null its give me error.
SQL>ALTER TABLE Stu_Table MODIFY Stu_Id int(3)not null;
ALTER TABLE Stu_Table MODIFY Stu_Id int(3)not null
*
ERROR at line 1:
ORA-01735: invalid ALTER TABLE option
and when i try to add new column with not null its also gives me error
SQL> ALTER TABLE Stu_Table add C1_TEMP integer NOT NULL;
ALTER TABLE Stu_Table add C1_TEMP integer NOT NULL
*
ERROR at line 1:
ORA-01758: table must be empty to add mandatory (NOT NULL) column
I would like to add a constraint "default value" for a table column, with a name.
I know how to do it for a constraint "not null" : ALTER TABLE tablename MODIFY columnname CONSTRAINT constraintname NOT NULL;
But I don't know how to do it for a constraint "default value".How can I do ?
I am a junior DBA. I want to check how many columns are under PRIMARY KEY constraint.
I used dba_constraints view. Please find below details.
SQL> select OWNER,CONSTRAINT_NAME,CONSTRAINT_TYPE,TABLE_NAME from dba_constraints
2 where TABLE_NAME='DSET_PRODUCT_S';
OWNER CONSTRAINT_NAME C TABLE_NAME
------------------------------ ------------------------------ - ----------------------------------------
SCOTT SYS_C10202456 C EMPLOYEE
SCOTT SYS_C234576 C DEPT
i've got a project and im wondering whether it is possible to create an if statement that says something like
"If column A is NOT NULL then column B cannot be NULL"
would I have to do this as a trigger or a constraint?
I have a table with column A which contains very few null values. I need to select these rows. I am considering two options:
a) create function based index on NVL(A, 0) and use this in where clause NVL(A, 0)=0 (column doesn't have values 0)
b) create function based index on NVL2(A, 0, NULL) and and use this in where clause NVL2(A, 0, NULL) = 0
First idea was option A. But I realized in option B the index will be much smaller, because most of values of column A isn't NULL so NVL2 will return NULL and index will not have as much leafs as in NVL. It is good idea to use NVL2? Is there any against to use option B instead of A?
I have a table with columns emp_i, LOC_C and SUBSID_C. I want to find all emp_i's with LOC_C OR SUBSID_C as always NULL. Please note that the value should be NULL, always, for all dates.
--------------------------------------------
EX:
emp_i----LOC_C---SUBSID_C--Eff_Date
100------20------30--------01/01/2011
101------NULL----10--------05/01/2011
102------NULL----NULL------02/01/2011
101------20------NULL------02/01/2011
102------NULL----NULL------05/01/2011
103------NULL----20--------01/01/2011
103------NULL----NULL------02/01/2011
--------------------------------------------
The query ---
should return 102 as LOC_C OR SUBSID_C is ALWAYS NULL.
should return 103 as LOC_C is ALWAYS NULL.
should not return 101, as LOC_C is not ALWAYS NULL.
In other words, the query should give list of emp_i who never ever had a non-null value for LOC_C OR SUBSID_C. The purpose is to find the emp_i for which the columns LOC_C and SUBSID_C are never used.
I tried the query:
---------------------------------------------------
SELECT DISTINCT ORG_EMP_I FROM tab1
WHERE ORG_GRP_I = 58
AND ORG_EMP_I NOT IN (
SELECT DISTINCT org_emp_i
FROM tab1 ap
WHERE ap.ORG_GRP_I = 58
AND trim(ap.LOC_C) IS NOT NULL OR ap.ORG_SBSID_C IS NOT NULL )
---------------------------------------------------
how to run a spell check on a column (contains desriptions) of a table and find out if any spelling mistakes are there in the text of that column. I want to run this in pl/sql.
View 8 Replies View RelatedI am having following table, and below are the out put and desired output.
CREATE TABLE tbl1
(
mon VARCHAR2(10)
, grp VARCHAR2(50)
, visits NUMBER
, redirect VARCHAR(50)
)
;
[Code]....
Query:
SELECT
mon
, grp
, SUM(visits)
FROM
tbl1
WHERE
redirect IS NOT NULL
GROUP BY mon, grp
;
Output:
May-12 Green 16
May-12 Blue 20
May-12 Yellow 13
Desired Output:
May-12 Green 16
May-12 Blue 20
May-12 Yellow 13
May-12 Red 0
May-12 Orange 0
How can this be acheived?
I'm having trouble creating a view that has a not null column. Using this script you can see that the resulting table doesn't have a not null constraint for the first column even though both source columns for that row are not null. Is there anyway to force the view to mark that first column as not null? (I need it for ODP.NET otherwise I get an error there)
DROP TABLE MYTABLE;
CREATE table MYTABLE
( COL1 NUMBER(2) NOT NULL,
col2 number(2)) ;
drop table mytable2;
CREATE table MYTABLE2
[code]....
I have a table as follows
create table teststr (indname varchar2(20),
counter1 number,counter2 number,counter3 number,counter4 number);
insert into teststr values('a',10,20,30,30);
insert into teststr values('b',10,20,5,3);
insert into teststr values('c',2,4,5,2);
insert into teststr values('d',1,2,3,4);
insert into teststr values('e',4,5,4,4);
Now i need the output if any of the column values are same.
output should be
select indname from teststr where counter1=counter2
or counter1=counter3 or counter1=counter4
or counter2=counter3 or counter2=counter4
or counter3=counter4
a
c
e
Is ther any other way to write the query instead of the numerous or conditions if i want to compare the column values in a table.
I have a column defined as Number( 8 ) which is supposed to have date values. I would like to check if all the rows in that table have valid dates. We could use to_date(coulmn_name, 'YYYYMMDD') and catch the rownums for error conditions using pl/sql. I would like to know if we could just do it using sql only and return the row numbers for those that are invalid dates?
View 5 Replies View RelatedOur organization is attempting to learn more about the partitioning features of Oracle 11g. I've been reading the partitioning manuals, and I have not found a clear answer on this topic, but I suspect I know the answer.
If you create a range partitioned table; using interval partitioning, say something like this:
CREATE table range_parti (
CODE NUMBER(5),
DESCRIPTION VARCHAR2(50),
CREATED_DATE DATE)
PARTITION BY RANGE (created_date)
INTERVAL (NUMTOYMINTERVAL(1,'MONTH'))
(
PARTITION my_parti VALUES LESS THAN (TO_DATE('01-NOV-2007','DD-MON-YYYY'))
);
but you try to insert a null value as the partition key, you get the following error:
SQL> INSERT INTO range_parti VALUES (1,'one',NULL);
INSERT INTO range_parti VALUES (1,'one',NULL)
*
ERROR at line 1:
ORA-14400: inserted partition key does not map to any partition
Elapsed: 00:00:00.07
Is there no way to tell it to use a default partition for NULL values? Or specifically designate a partition for NULL values WITHOUT having to manually list out each partition? It seems it works if you don't use the INTERVAL keyword, list out your partitions, and use MAXVALUE. However, our hope to avoid having that as it creates monstrously huge DDL statements for tables that have lots of date ranges, and we will be forced to manually add new partitions each month as data is added/time passes.
It appears from my experience so far, if your column can allow nulls, you cannot use interval range partitioning on that column.
In V$Archived_log, the column "name" showed No any content?
select name,SEQUENCE#,ARCHIVED,APPLIED,DELETED,STATUS,COMPLETION_TIME from v$archived_log
NAME SEQUENCE# ARC APP DEL S COMPLETIO
------------------------------ ---------- --- --- --- - ---------
2565 YES NO YES D 20-JUL-10
2566 YES NO YES D 21-JUL-10
2567 YES NO YES D 21-JUL-10
2568 YES NO YES D 22-JUL-10
2569 YES NO YES D 22-JUL-10
2570 YES NO YES D 22-JUL-10
I'm going to do some testing, and for that I require to retrieve some data based on a single column e.g test_data_col, which -
1. Has 3 or more count(test_data_col) for a given set of group by columns e.g grp_col1, grp_col2, grp_col3
2. Within the set of rows retrieved, that particular column holds some duplicate values. I don't need the duplicates displayed, just know if duplicates exist or not.
This might explain what I'm trying to do -
grp_col1, grp_col2, grp_col3, test_data_col
1, A, xyz, HELLO
1, A, xyz, HELLO
1, A, xyz, BYE
1, A, xyz, GOODBYE
2, C, pqr, WELCOME
2, C, pqr, GOOD MORNING
2, C, pqr, BAD MORNING
So for condition 1, I do something like this -
SELECT COUNT(test_data_col) cnt, grp_col_1, grp_col2, grp_col3
FROM test_tab
GROUP BY grp_col_1, grp_col2, grp_col3
HAVING COUNT(test_data_col) >= 3;
In this same query, I want to do something that will tell me if the aggregate COUNT(test_data_col) has any duplicate values within it. Again, displaying the duplicates is not important here.
SELECT COUNT(test_data_col) cnt, grp_col_1, grp_col2, grp_col3,
/*some logic*/ dup_val
FROM test_tab
GROUP BY grp_col_1, grp_col2, grp_col3
HAVING COUNT(test_data_col) >= 3;With the proper coding to replace /*some logic*/, I get following values -
cnt, grp_col_1, grp_col2, grp_col3, dup_val
4, 1, A, xyz, Y
3, 2, C, pqr, N
I just gave dup_val column to explain what I'm trying to achieve.. any other way to know the existence of duplicates in the count aggregate will be fine.My Oracle version is Oracle Database 11g Enterprise Edition Release 11.1.0.7.0