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problem with duplicate key violations

Asked by: dbaSQL

tableA = QID,TimeSS,UserID,AcctID,Symbol,Desk,Strategy,CurrentNet,TodayBought,TodaySold
tableB = QID,Type,Amount

QID is an IDENTITY, and the PK on tableA
the PK on tableB is QID,Type
The two tables relate based on QID  -- tableA.QID = tableB.QID

I am watching serverA.databaseA.dbo.tableA, copying all data from tableA and tableB into the same two tables on serverB where not exists.  

I've had it set up doing each table selectively, but there are recurrent problems where I'm not getting all data into serverB.  now i am working to change it.

basically, give me the MAX(QID) from both servers, databases, tables.  
@startp = MAX(QID) from primary server
@startr = MAX(QID) from redundancy server
IF @startp > @startr (it always will be), i need to copy all data from primary where not exists.  i attempted the below -- figured I'd write it all to a table variable (@alldata), insert @alldata based on a join between tableA and tableB on serverA, and then copy from said variable into both target tables on serverB.  

it is failing with duplicate constraint violation in serverB.databaseB.dbo.tableA.QID

fairly urgent, please advise
maybe the variable isn't the way to go.  pretty simple, i am copying tableA AND tableB from serverA to serverB every 10 minutes or so throughout the day, where not exists.

DECLARE @startp int, @startr int,@alldatacount int, @tableA int,@tableAcount int, @tableB int,@tableBcount int
SELECT @startp=MAX(QID) FROM serverA.databaseA.dbo.tableA
SELECT @startr=MAX(QID) FROM dbo.tableA
if(@startp > @startr)
BEGIN
	DECLARE @alldata TABLE (pQID int not null,TimeSS datetime not null,UserID varchar(16) not null,
	AcctID varchar(16) not null,Symbol varchar(25) not null,Desk varchar(20) not null,Strategy varchar(20) not null,
	CurrentNet bigint not null, TodayBought bigint not null,TodaySold bigint not null,
	rQID int not null,rType varchar(10) not null,rAmount decimal(18,4) not null)
 
	INSERT @alldata (
		   pQID,TimeSS,UserID,AcctID,Symbol,Desk,Strategy,CurrentNet,TodayBought,TodaySold,rQID,rType,rAmount)
	SELECT 
		   p1.QID,p1.TimeSS,p1.UserID,p1.AcctID,p1.Symbol,p1.Desk,p1.Strategy,p1.CurrentNet,p1.TodayBought,p1.TodaySold,
		   p2.QID,p2.Type,p2.Amount
	FROM 
		   serverA.databaseA.dbo.tableA p1 INNER JOIN serverA.databaseA.dbo.tableB p2	
		    ON p1.QID = p2.QID AND p1.TimeSS >= CONVERT(CHAR(8),GETDATE(),112) 
		   WHERE NOT EXISTS(SELECT 1 FROM dbo.tableA r1 	
							WHERE p1.QID = r1.QID)
							
		  SET @alldatacount = @@ROWCOUNT
		  SELECT CONVERT(VARCHAR,@alldatacount) + ' Records copied to @alldata.'
		  IF(@alldatacount > 0)
		  BEGIN
			SET IDENTITY_INSERT tableA ON
			INSERT dbo.tableA(QID,TimeSS,UserID,AcctID,Symbol,Desk,Strategy,CurrentNet,TodayBought,TodaySold)
			SELECT pQID,TimeSS,UserID,AcctID,Symbol,Desk,Strategy,CurrentNet,TodayBought,TodaySold
			FROM @alldata
			SET @tableAcount = @@ROWCOUNT
			SET IDENTITY_INSERT tableA OFF
			SELECT CONVERT(VARCHAR,@tableAcount) + ' Records copied to dbo.tableA from @alldata.'
			IF(@tableAcount >0)
			BEGIN
				INSERT dbo.tableB(QID,Type,Amount)
				SELECT rQID,rType,rAmount
				FROM @alldata q1 INNER JOIN dbo.tableA q2 ON q1.rQID = q2.QID
				AND q2.TimeSS >=CONVERT(CHAR(8),GETDATE(),112)
				SET @tableBcount = @@ROWCOUNT
				SELECT CONVERT(VARCHAR,@tableBcount) + ' Records copied to dbo.tableB from @alldata.'
			END
			IF(@@ERROR <> 0)
			BEGIN
				EXEC msdb..sp_send_dbmail @recipients= 'me',
				@subject='blah blah',
				@body='The synch job failed, please review.'
			END
		  END
END

                                  
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2009-11-03 at 06:39:30ID24867138
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Answers

 

by: dbaSQLPosted on 2009-11-03 at 06:42:45ID: 25729367

the endresult of that table variable insert is the missing data from both tables, where the last three attributes in the variable are for tableB, the rest is for tableA

again, maybe the variable isn't the way to do this.  it's simply a matter of copying from the two-table joined dataset from the primary server, into the same two tables on the redundancy, where not exists.

 

by: Sharath_123Posted on 2009-11-03 at 07:48:11ID: 25730078

The problem lies in this statement.

SET IDENTITY_INSERT tableA ON
INSERT dbo.tableA(QID,TimeSS,UserID,AcctID,Symbol,Desk,Strategy,CurrentNet,TodayBought,TodaySold)
SELECT pQID,TimeSS,UserID,AcctID,Symbol,Desk,Strategy,CurrentNet,TodayBought,TodaySold
  FROM @alldata

If you are trying to insert the QID which is already exists in your table, then you will get this error.
To overcome this you can avoid such inserts with additional WHERE clause.

SET IDENTITY_INSERT tableA ON
INSERT dbo.tableA(QID,TimeSS,UserID,AcctID,Symbol,Desk,Strategy,CurrentNet,TodayBought,TodaySold)
SELECT pQID,TimeSS,UserID,AcctID,Symbol,Desk,Strategy,CurrentNet,TodayBought,TodaySold
  FROM @alldata
 WHERE pQID NOT IN (SELECT QID FROM dbo.tableA)

But check if you want to insert those records also? If yes, after setting IDENTITY_INSERT OFF, you have to insert those records.

See the attached example for better understanding.

-- This example is extracted from http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/aa259221(SQL.80).aspx
-- Create products table.
CREATE TABLE products (id int IDENTITY PRIMARY KEY, product varchar(40))
GO
-- Inserting values into products table.
INSERT INTO products (product) VALUES ('screwdriver')
INSERT INTO products (product) VALUES ('hammer')
INSERT INTO products (product) VALUES ('saw')
INSERT INTO products (product) VALUES ('shovel')
GO 
-- Create a gap in the identity values.
DELETE products WHERE product = 'saw'
GO 
SELECT * FROM products
GO 
-- Attempt to insert an explicit ID value of 4;
-- should return a warning.
INSERT INTO products (id, product) VALUES(4, 'garden shovel')
-- Error: Cannot insert explicit value for identity column in table 'products' when IDENTITY_INSERT is set to OFF
GO
-- SET IDENTITY_INSERT to ON.
SET IDENTITY_INSERT products ON
GO 
-- Attempt to insert an explicit ID value of 4
INSERT INTO products (id, product) VALUES(4, 'garden shovel')
GO
-- Error: Violation of PRIMARY KEY constraint 'PK__products__023D5A04'. Cannot insert duplicate key in object 'dbo.products'
SELECT * FROM products
GO
-- Drop products table.
DROP TABLE products
GO

                                              
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by: dbaSQLPosted on 2009-11-03 at 08:06:26ID: 25730342

to avoid the NOT IN, i changed it to this:

FROM @alldata q
WHERE NOT EXISTS(SELECT 1 FROM dbo.tableA qh
WHERE qh.TimeSS >= CONVERT(CHAR(8),GETDATE(),112)
AND q.qhQID = qh.QID)

still failed, same error

 

by: dbaSQLPosted on 2009-11-03 at 08:11:04ID: 25730400

and i changed it to the IN, same failure
let me see where this QID is older than today's data

 

by: dbaSQLPosted on 2009-11-03 at 08:17:54ID: 25730491

very interesting.  I added DISTINCT, it worked:

SET IDENTITY_INSERT tableA ON
INSERT dbo.tableA (QID,TimeSS,UserID,AcctID,Symbol,Desk,Strategy,CurrentNet,TodayBought,TodaySold)
SELECT DISTINCT pQID,TimeSS,UserID,AcctID,Symbol,Desk,Strategy,CurrentNet,TodayBought,TodaySold
FROM @alldata

116687 Records copied to @alldata.
45137 Records copied to dbo.tableA from @alldata.
116687 Records copied to dbo.tableB from @alldata.

 

by: dbaSQLPosted on 2009-11-03 at 10:29:34ID: 31649430

Not necessarily sure why the DISTINCT helped me out, but I started looking that way after your suggestions.  Thanks very much for the input.

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