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Posted on by WFCH 4

Hi All,


I am currently working on a flow that writes data from 7 different forms (MSForms) into a SQL database.


I am currently receiving an error message: Violation of PRIMARY KEY constraint 'dbo.MY_DB'. Cannot insert duplicate key in object 'dbo.MY_DB'. The duplicate key value is (5).

This happens because I have multiple forms running in the same table in my SQL DB. Since each form has a separate form ID, this causes problems in the SQL DB afterwards. e.g. Id 3 from Form1 and Id 3 from Form7.

 

Now my question: Is there a way that the form ID's (primarykeys) are always incremented so all the id's of all forms are always unique?

 

Thanks in advance and best regards

 

  • PrasadAthalye Profile Picture
    PrasadAthalye on at
    Re: duplicate key value in SQL

    @WFCH - Do you have any update if you manage to alter key?

  • PrasadAthalye Profile Picture
    PrasadAthalye on at
    Re: duplicate key value in SQL

    @WFCH - Did you get chance to alter Key and see if it works?

  • PrasadAthalye Profile Picture
    PrasadAthalye on at
    Re: duplicate key value in SQL

    Yes that is what I recommend.

  • WFCH Profile Picture
    WFCH 4 on at
    Re: duplicate key value in SQL

    Hello Prasad,

     

    Thanks for your reply.

     

    And how exactly would I do this? Does this mean i should connect Form ID with the Form Responce ID and make them together one primary key?

  • PrasadAthalye Profile Picture
    PrasadAthalye on at
    Re: duplicate key value in SQL

    Form Response ID across different forms wont be unique.  You will have first response Id as 1 in every form. But Form ID which is a GUID will be different.  You can Append Form ID with Form Response ID and then make that as a Primary Key. 

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