Question : Inserting unique records from another table

I have a table called trackingInfo with a unique constraint of the two fields:
Tracking, Ship_Date.

I also have a table called trackingInfo_scratch with the same fields but without any contraints (duplicates are allowed)

I want to insert records into trackingInfo from trackingInfo_scratch, but only the first unique combination of Tracking and Ship_Date.

In my query below I still get the standard contraint error in SQL Server. What am I doing wrong?

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             INSERT INTO trackingInfo(
  trackingInfo.Shipper,
  trackingInfo.Main_Acct,
  trackingInfo.Tracking,
  trackingInfo.Pickup_Date,
  trackingInfo.Ship_Date)
SELECT
  trackingInfo_scratch.Shipper,
  trackingInfo_scratch.Main_Acct,
  trackingInfo_scratch.Tracking,
  trackingInfo_scratch.Pickup_Date,
  trackingInfo_scratch.Ship_Date,
FROM       trackingInfo_scratch
 WHERE NOT EXISTS
     (SELECT trackingInfo.Tracking, trackingInfo.Ship_Date
           FROM trackingInfo
           WHERE trackingInfo.Tracking = trackingInfo_scratch.Tracking and
                 trackingInfo.Ship_Date = trackingInfo_scratch.Ship_Date)

           
         

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Answer : Inserting unique records from another table

use distinct keyword.

INSERT INTO trackingInfo(
trackingInfo.Shipper,
trackingInfo.Main_Acct,
trackingInfo.Tracking,
trackingInfo.Pickup_Date,
trackingInfo.Ship_Date)
SELECT distinct
trackingInfo_scratch.Shipper,
trackingInfo_scratch.Main_Acct,
trackingInfo_scratch.Tracking,
trackingInfo_scratch.Pickup_Date,
trackingInfo_scratch.Ship_Date,
FROM trackingInfo_scratch
WHERE NOT EXISTS
(SELECT trackingInfo.Tracking, trackingInfo.Ship_Date
FROM trackingInfo
WHERE trackingInfo.Tracking = trackingInfo_scratch.Tracking and
trackingInfo.Ship_Date = trackingInfo_scratch.Ship_Date)