Posted by teddysnips on 12/22/05 19:43

Dan Guzman wrote:
> > So, is there any way of retaining the requirement that the
> > fldStartTimeCollectedID and the fldEndTimeCollectedID columns may not
> > contain the same value in a single row, UNLESS that value is NULL in
> > which case all is hunky dory. I should add that the clients don't much
> > care for Triggers (and neither do I for that matter).
>
> There are a couple of methods to accomplish this. One method is with a
> trigger. Another, with SQL 2000 and above, is using an index view including
> non-null values instead of a unique constraint:
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Many thanks - I'll put this to the vote just after the holidays.

I *love* usenet.

Edward

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