Composite Primary Key - How to increment one, while keeping the other constant?

Discussion in 'C#' started by thedunnyman, May 22, 2008.

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    Hey guys,

    Just trying to design a table which as one key that signifies a document. And the other key signifies the sections in the document. But the overall document can change as well.

    I.e.

    DOCUMENT 1 - Section 1/2/3/4
    DOCUMENT 2 - Section 1/2
    DOCUMENT 3 - Section 1
    DOCUMENT 4 - Section 1/2/3/4

    So basically, the section IDs should start again.

    Here is the table i'm making with in MySQL:


    And then in my ASP pages, I tried to do this:

    But I get this error when the page runs:


    So is there a way to get something implemented this way?
    Sorry I am new at SQL/ASP so anything would be helpful!

    Thanks,
    Duncan :)
     
    thedunnyman, May 22, 2008 IP
  2. ashbeats

    ashbeats Active Member

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    You have declared the fields as NOT NULL, making it compulsory for it to be assigned a value. Why don't
    you just use '0' instead of null when inserting
     
    ashbeats, May 22, 2008 IP
  3. thedunnyman

    thedunnyman Peon

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    Thanks for the reply.

    With 0 it works, but I need this to restart counting back at one. (as required by the specifications of this project).

    So for every new document, I'll need the section ID to start back at 1 again.

    Is this possible?
     
    thedunnyman, May 22, 2008 IP