I'm having some problems trying to input records into a relational database. The design is really simple but I'm running into a wall when it comes to having the foreign key from my child table autopopulate the primary key from the parent table. I've made the connections in Access and from what I understood, so long as I committed a transaction, the child table would populate the primary key from the parent table. This is not happening.
my question is: is there a method that would do what I'm looking for? or am I cornered into using @@IDENTITY and manually inserting the primary key into the child table?
I've tried using datasets and data adapters and created a datarelation within the dataset, but it is still not doing what I need. everything I've tried thus far has allowed me to insert records into multiple tables, but won't relate them because of the missing primary key in the child table.
I am using a number of tables on my application and two of which have a foreign key constraint I have set between them. When I change the account number on the main table via a combo box all of the relevant information for that table on the form is updated accordingly. However, the child table which has a foreign key reference to the Account Number of the main table is not updated when the acocunt number is changed. I have set the update to cascade in the references but still am having issues.
My program handles XML files that have certain elements within a root-child node that are identical expect for their inner text value. So while populating my combo box with all of a root-child's child element's names I get like five identical items listed. Which brought about the problem of selecting say the third item and getting the value of the first displayed. So I came up with a loop function that determines if the selected combo box item is preceded by one of the same name, if it is, then it adds +1 to a counter variable and keeps checking farther and farther up the list. Once it loops to an item that doesn't have the same name it exits and it reads the Xth (X = counter mentioned earlier) element's inner text from the file. This works great for elements 1, 3, 4, and 5. But not for 2. A while back when I was focused on this problem I discovered the root of the problem but I was unable to circumvent it. I'll put the loop below so you can see the problem in action instead of trying to follow my verbose explanation:
I'm having some major issues trying to figure out What's going wrong with my code.
The general problem is that I can't get the foreign key in one of my child tables to populate the primary key from the parent table. I have a parent table named "ISSUES" and a child table named "ISSDESC". The primary key for ISSUES is ISS_ID which is an autonumber. The foreign key is ISS_ID in the ISSDESC table which is just a number. I'm using MS Access and an OLEDBConnection as the method. I've created the relationship in MS Access and also created the datarelation in the VB.NET code.
I am able to submit the information into the database into the two tables but the foreign key isn't being populated therefore not being linked to the other table.
I think it's probably a very simple fix, but it's been eluding me for a good 8 hours or so. I am using a dataset and 2 data adapters, one for each table.
I have a table (Projects) which is linked to projectVersions on projectID..projectVersions contains several columns on which I'd like to filter a returned project (and associated projectVersions) list. For example there is a "capacity" column and a "country" column. I am doing a filtered list of projects on one page and I'd like to include all projects where any one of the associated projectVersions has a capacity of 750ml and a country of "France" for example.It may be that a particular parameter is not set and so I pass a zero to indicate not to filter on that.I guess this needs some kind of subquery as when I try and do something like this: [code] it doesn't work as the "xxx" bit, being one-to-many, expects me to specify an item to get at the entities within and yet I want to query where ANY of the associated versions match one of the criteria.
Identification (Parent table) ID# (Primary Key, auto increase) First Name
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I am placing this three tables in three tabs by a tabcontrol. If I put two child tables in dataGridView in their tab, the insert(new record)/update to the tables works very well. When I put the child tables in details View, I can't get a new record updated. The problem with details view is that there is no AddressID and VehiclesID generated. In dataGridView, these IDs are automatically generated whenever a mouse enters into a cell in a row.
Dim obj_DataTable As New System.Data.DataTable("Category") Dim obj_DataSet As New DataSet() 'Declaring the array of DataColum to hold the Primary Key Columns
I have a data table whose one column is related to a column of another table. I have a listbox in a form which shows a column (which is sorted by another column value by ORDER clause) of the parent table and other columns are in textboxes. The child table is represented by a datagrid. When I add a new item in parent table and click save, the newly created item is listed at the bottom of the listbox violating my ORDER clause. When I wrote some codes to fill data again after updating, it shows an error message[code]...
I would like to have some explaination about the characteristics of a primary key in the table of such database. This is for vb 2008 express edition,since im new to this language,if this is true, as far as i understand about the characteristic in setting the primary key on each field for true.My question is if you are doing an updates/edit records in your table using the DataContext,if you setup the primary key for true of one of your field in the table it would edit all records in one datarow but if you put the primary key for true in all fields except one of them,all the records in the data column of that field which primary key is false could be edited.Basically its impossible to edit all records in the datarow and all the records in the datacolumn of the table in such one event. Is there any further explaination about the characteristics of primary key in the table?
I have an access database with 4 tables and two of the tables have absolutely no need for a unique field that would be a primary key. One will only have one record and the other is a detail table for two master tables. I of course get an error like "UpdateCommand is not supported against a SelectCommand that does not return any key column information." when I try to save. Do I have to just create a primary field key I don't need or is there a work around for this?
It is returning all the columns by id. I need only the primary key. When I add the following line it is empty: WHERE SIK.indid = 1 Why is that? Is there other ways to do the same thing and working? Since I am in the rush
So I have a program that I am converting to .NET FW 3.5 and I am getting the titled exception on the following line:If IsNothing(dsTopPI.Rows.Find(profile.Item("GEMSID"))) Then Continue For
which is in a for each loop. The thing is, I have set the primary key and when I put in the following code:Dim columns() = DSTop30Profiles1.DTtop30profiles.PrimaryKey Console.WriteLine("Column count: " & columns.Length.ToString)For a = 0 To columns.GetUpperBound(0)Console.WriteLine(columns(a).ColumnName & " - " & columns(a).DataType.ToString)Next
I get this in the output:Column count: 1 GEMSID - System.Int32
That would seem to indicate that there is in fact a primary key, right?
Storage Unit application, 5 buildings, 107 Units split between the 5 buildings.frmBuildings is a form with:(from the botton up) 1 TLP 5 columns 2 rows5 Group Boxes, 1 per column, Group Box 1 & 2 each have a TLP with 2 columns & 3 rows. 107 buttons on the form that represent each building.The idea is that I want to change the BackColor of any button that represents an Available unit. This is a multi tier applaicationData Access Layer query function:
' Method name: getStorageUnitsAvailable ' Purpose: to return a Data Table from data base ' Parameters: none
I would like to have some explaination about the characteristics of a primary key in the table of such database.This is for vb 2008 express edition,since im new to this language,if this is true, as far as i understand about the characteristic in setting the primary key on each field for true.My question is if you are doing an updates/edit records in your table using the DataContext,if you setup the primary key for true of one of your field in the table it would edit all records in one datarow but if you put the primary key for true in all fields except one of them,all the records in the data column of that field which primary key is false could be edited.Basically its impossible to edit all records in the datarow and all the records in the datacolumn of the table in such one event.Is there any further explanation about the characteristics of primary key in the table?
How would i get the primary key id number from a Table WITHOUT making a second trip to the database in LINQ To SQL?
right now, i submit the data to a table, and make another trip to figure out what id was assigned to the new field (in an auto increment id field). I want to do this in LINQ To SQL and not in Raw SQL (I no longer use Raw SQL).
also, seond part of my question is: i am always careful to know the id of a user thats online because i'd rather call their information in various tables using their id as opposed to using a guid or a username, which are all long strings... i do this because i think that SQL Server doing a numeric compare is much (tentative use of the word 'much') more efficient than doing a username (string) or even a guid (very long string) compare.
I hope someone can help me. I have an ATM machine connected to a server. A form takes a textBox entry as a PIN number and matches it to a card number in the same table which is the primary key. The card number is in a comboBox.Selected Item. I have used a dataset to fill the comboBox as the form loads. I have tried for days and got nowhere.
What's the syntax for an Update query for a table without a primary key?Disclaimer: Frustratingly, adding a primary key is not an option. My program is a small program in a much larger system with poor data management. My development time does not include rewriting the other software.
Note: The database is Microsoft Access.
Note: Similar to: Excel: TableAdapter UpdateCommand for table without primary key
UPDATE: Am I correct in saying, "If the table in the database has no explicit primary key, then there can be no valid TableAdapter UpdateCommand?"
Table1 contains items for sale (referenced) Table2 contains Stores (Parent) Table3 Contains items in a particular store (Child)
the problem is the data in this case. Table 2 contains a StoreId field as a primary key. Table1 Contains an ItemId field. My problem is in table 3 this contains 3 fields, StoreId, Name and Quantity.
Now my Table1 contains a field called Name and one called PluralName, I need to determine which field in table one relates to the Name field in table3.
The following 2 constraints exist currently in my app
Table2 - StoreId (one) to Table3 - StoreId (many) Table1 - Name (one) to Table3 - Name (one)
can i add another constraint :- Table1 - PluralName (one) to Table3 - Name (one) ???
I am presuming if i do i will get a constraint error as the property does not relate on a one to one level if the store has more than one item in stock and vice versa when it has only one in stock.
I have two tables Employees and CafeLogs. Some employees can be cashiers and also customers at the Cafe shop.
Table structures:
Employees: EmployeeId(PK) , FirstName, LastName CafeLogs: LogId (PK), CashierId, EmployeeId, Value, => CashierId and EmployeeId are the data from column EmployeeId of Empoyee table
Table relationship:
Employees 1:N CafeLogs (CashierId (FK))
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Right now I know how to select only LogId, Employee's name, and , Value, not with Cashier name yet.
Dim query = From log In db.CafeLogs _ Join emp In db.Employees On emp.EmployeeId Equals log.EmployeeId _ Select log.LogId, emp.FirsName, emp.LastName, log.Value
I am trying to append multiple rows in a SQL Server.I have connected to the MS SQL Server and with a DataAdapter, I have downloaded the Table into a DataTable and displayed it in DataGridView.I now want to programatically enter multiple rows into the DataTable and later to update the SQL Table.
I am trying to build an application to do this generically.The problem I have is that the Table and DataTable has an 'ID' Field. In the SQL DB, i is an Auto-incrementing field.When the code loops through creating new rows and entering field values, how do I handle the ID Field that is the Primary Key?
I have an MS Access DB with a Table setup with the columns that I need.
I have it linked into a form, with the requisite BindingSource, TableAdapter, BindingNavigator, etc.
On the form, I also have several textboxes linked back to the table. I can populate the table via the + (add new) button in the BindingNavigator and then filling in the textboxes (and saving of course).
Is there a way that I can put a button on the form and populate the table automatically? I want to do this via a textbox to control the number of records added - that way, I can put in an 8 and have 8 blank records added to the table via this one click (and don't have to enter the default info in for the 8 records one at a time).
I've attempted to do this by calling the BindingNavigatorAddNewItem_Click subroutine, filling in the textboxes and then calling MapBindingNavigatorSaveItem_Click subroutine, but this does not work.
I defined a database using SQL Server 2008 R2 Express, and connected to it using Visual Basic 2010 Express. For some reason though, when I use the database in the program, it wants to start off using a negative primary key.Is there any way to make the primary key only a positive number?
in DataSet ds I have "tbl1" as parent table and "tbl2" as childtablehow to show both table in datagridview if column id in "tbl1" related to column headerId in "tbl2" ?
I have a SQL Data Base. I have created a relation between these tables. Problem is when i drag and drop it on Data grid i get only Parent table columns but i want to sea them both like this.
I have a chechedlistbox on my form in a windows project, and want to populate the checkedlist box with data that I querry from a table in sql database. I have the code below for the Form load event, but the checkedlistbox is not populated.
I am working on Visual Studio 2005, VB.At the back end,there is a table called "Marks" which has a column called "Subject". This column contains duplicate values.when the form loads,I want to display all the distinct values from the "Subject" column in the listbox.
I have 2 queries. One is populating a dataset that populates the dropdownlist and the other populates rest of the textboxes of a table row. i want to know how can i fill the entire dropdownlist and then make selectedvalue the value from the other query? e.g -
dataset query = select hobby from hobbies other query - select name, dob, address, hobby from employee
now the table looks like this -
Name DOB Address Hobby Sam 01/10/1988 111 main st Dropdownlist(n number of records)
Now in the dropdownlist I want all the hobbies populated with the hobby in the employee table to be the selected value.
