>Hi,
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>I am considering a feature for my app that would allow user combining two records into one. For example, say in the parts table they have two pars "1234" and "1234A" and at some point (after years of use) they realize that this is one and the same part. They can't rename one into the other because another record of unique entry already exists. They can't delete one because it has child records (transactions, P.O.s etc.). So I am thinking of writing a routine that would do it in code. Does it make sense? What I mean is, do others (as other developers on this message board) have routines that allow combining two records with different values in unique field into one? TIA.

If you're using SQL Server and CASCADE option for UPDATE when it will be enough to update parent to remap everything automatically.