I want to constrain a SQL Server decimal column to only allow -1,0,1 as valid values.
Can you show me the SQL syntax for adding such a constraint. (I would like to know how to do it in both the CREATE TABLE statement and/or the ALTER TABLE ADD CONSTRAINT).
Or can this only be accomplished in a trigger?
CREATE TABLE foo (
bar int NOT NULL CONSTRAINT CK_foo_bar CHECK (bar IN (-1, 0, 1))
)
or
ALTER TABLE foo WITH CHECK ADD --added WITH CHECK
CONSTRAINT CK_foo_bar CHECK (bar IN (-1, 0, 1)) --not needed "FOR bar"
Edit: thoughts...
- why constrain a decimal? Can you change it to smallint or int?
- what about NULLs? You may need to change my code around to do exactly what you want
create table (
x integer check (x = -1 or x = 0 or x = 1),
y integer
);
insert test values(5,5)
insert test values(-1, 5)
insert test values(0, 5)
insert test values(1, 5)
alter table test with nocheck add check(y = -1 or y = 0 or y = 1);
-- with no check prevents errors for illegal values already in the table
insert test values(-1, 1)
insert test values(0, -1)
insert test values(1, 0)
select * from test
You are probably looking for CHECK Constraints