CREATE TABLE [dbo].[user](
[userID] [int] IDENTITY(1,1) NOT NULL,
[fcode] [int] NULL,
[scode] [int] NULL,
[dcode] [int] NULL,
USE [TSQL2012]
GO
/****** Object: Table [dbo].[Table_1] Script Date: 11/22/2015 12:45:47 PM ******/
SET ANSI_NULLS ON
GO
SET QUOTED_IDENTIFIER ON
GO
CREATE TABLE [dbo].[Table_1](
[seq] [bigint] IDENTITY(1,1) NOT NULL,
[ID] [int] NOT NULL,
[name] [nvarchar](50) NULL,
[cat] [nvarchar](50) NULL,
CONSTRAINT [PK_Table_1] PRIMARY KEY CLUSTERED
(
[ID] ASC
)WITH (PAD_INDEX = OFF, STATISTICS_NORECOMPUTE = OFF, IGNORE_DUP_KEY = OFF, ALLOW_ROW_LOCKS = ON, ALLOW_PAGE_LOCKS = ON) ON [PRIMARY],
CONSTRAINT [IX_Table_1] UNIQUE NONCLUSTERED
(
[name] ASC,
[cat] ASC
)WITH (PAD_INDEX = OFF, STATISTICS_NORECOMPUTE = OFF, IGNORE_DUP_KEY = OFF, ALLOW_ROW_LOCKS = ON, ALLOW_PAGE_LOCKS = ON) ON [PRIMARY]
) ON [PRIMARY]
GO
This can also be done in the GUI. Here's an example adding a multi-column unique constraint to an existing table.
Click OK in each window and you're done.
By using the constraint definition on table creation, you can specify one or multiple constraints that span multiple columns. The syntax, simplified from technet's documentation, is in the form of:
CONSTRAINT constraint_name UNIQUE [ CLUSTERED | NONCLUSTERED ]
(
column [ ASC | DESC ] [ ,...n ]
)
Therefore, the resuting table definition would be:
CREATE TABLE [dbo].[user](
[userID] [int] IDENTITY(1,1) NOT NULL,
[fcode] [int] NULL,
[scode] [int] NULL,
[dcode] [int] NULL,
[name] [nvarchar](50) NULL,
[address] [nvarchar](50) NULL,
CONSTRAINT [PK_user_1] PRIMARY KEY CLUSTERED
(
[userID] ASC
),
CONSTRAINT [UQ_codes] UNIQUE NONCLUSTERED
(
[fcode], [scode], [dcode]
)
) ON [PRIMARY]
If the table is already created in the database, then you can add a unique constraint later on by using this SQL query:
ALTER TABLE dbo.User
ADD CONSTRAINT ucCodes UNIQUE (fcode, scode, dcode)