I have a simple example below
begin tran
CREATE TABLE [dbo].[Filters]
(
[Id] INT NOT NULL IDENTITY,
[FCode] varchar(30) null,
[FVersion] varbinary(892) null,
CONSTRAINT [PK_Filter] PRIMARY KEY CLUSTERED ([Id]),
CONSTRAINT [CK_Filters_FCode_FVersion]
CHECK (([FCode] IS NULL AND [FVersion] IS NULL)
OR (LEN([FCode]) > 0 AND DATALENGTH([FVersion]) > 0)),
)
INSERT INTO [dbo].[Filters] (FCode, FVersion)
VALUES (NULL, NULL),
(NULL, 0x6BE348),
('ASD', NULL),
('ASD', 0x6BE348)
SELECT
IIF(([FCode] IS NULL AND [FVersion] IS NULL)
OR (LEN([FCode]) > 0 AND DATALENGTH([FVersion]) > 0) , 1, 0) AS [check], *
FROM
[dbo].[filters]
rollback
I expect that the 2nd and 3rd insert statements will cause the constraint violation. However server allows them.
In use the select statement to see that the value of the constraint check is violated for 2nd and 3rd rows. See the result
check Id FCode FVersion
------------------------------
1 1 NULL NULL
0 2 NULL 0x6BE348
0 3 ASD NULL
1 4 ASD 0x6BE348
Any ideas?