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oracle765
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Posted - 03/06/2013 :  19:17:52  Show Profile  Reply with Quote
I am trying to insert records into the database as follows
insert into lookuptable
select * from lookuptable1

which produces
Msg 2627, Level 14, State 1, Line 1
Violation of UNIQUE KEY constraint 'uqLookuptable1cols1'. Cannot insert duplicate key in object 'dbo.lookuptable'.
The statement has been terminated.

Is there a way to handle this error so I can carry on inserting the rest of the records into the table

A Lynch

James K
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Posted - 03/06/2013 :  19:50:19  Show Profile  Reply with Quote
See script below - replace the "uniqueColumn" with the column that is referenced in the constraint.
insert into lookuptable
select * from lookuptable1 a
WHERE NOT EXISTS (SELECT * FROM lookuptable b
                  WHERE b.uniqueColumn = a.uniqueColumn)
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