SQL Unique Record not column?

Question

Is there a way to insert into an SQL database where the whole record is unique? I know you can make primary keys and unique columns, but that is not what I want.

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Answer 1

You could do:

create table #temp (val1 varchar(30), val2 varchar(30))


declare @val1 varchar(30),@val2 varchar(30)
select @val1='josh',@val2='bob'

insert into #temp
select @val1, @val2
where not exists (select * from #temp where val1=@val1 and val2=@val2)

Run the bottom half twice and it won't insert the record more then once.