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Sun Foster
Aged Yak Warrior

515 Posts

Posted - 2009-07-09 : 12:03:52
How to inser unique record into a table?
Table A has a primary key in MemberID. I used code below but got error said

Violation of PRIMARY KEY constraint 'PK_ID'. Cannot insert duplicate key in object 'A'

INSERT INTO A(MemberID)
SELECT MEMBID FROM B
where B.MEMBID not in (select MemberID from A)

rohitkumar
Constraint Violating Yak Guru

472 Posts

Posted - 2009-07-09 : 12:11:07
may be duplicate MEMBID in table B?
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webfred
Master Smack Fu Yak Hacker

8781 Posts

Posted - 2009-07-09 : 12:11:47
That can only be if table B has more than one record with same ID.
In your example DISTINCT would work but I am sure, there are many additional columns in the real world?
So your example data isn't clear enough.


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