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Constraints to prevent database to crash

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andyoye

andyoye

IS-IT--Management
Mar 23, 2004
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I have a column (varchar 25)

The values it should store should look like

1111-111111 like 2006-123456

Is there a way I can make sure users cant enter mismatched data?

thanks

 
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I am not sure but look for this stored procedure
sp_bindrule.

HTH
 
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Look into constraints.

Denny
MCSA (2003) / MCDBA (SQL 2000) / MCTS (SQL 2005) / MCITP Database Administrator (SQL 2005)

--Anything is possible. All it takes is a little research. (Me)
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how about this check constraint

SSN like '___-___-___'

Looks like its working for me

 
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