Top "Primary-key" questions

A key is a set of attributes that is irreducibly unique and non-nullable within a table.

Why use multiple columns as primary keys (composite primary key)

This example is taken from w3schools. CREATE TABLE Persons ( P_Id int NOT NULL, LastName varchar(255) NOT NULL, FirstName …

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Change Primary Key

I have a table in Oracle which has following schema: City_ID Name State Country BuildTime Time When I declared …

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Foreign key referring to primary keys across multiple tables?

I have to two tables namely employees_ce and employees_sn under the database employees. They both have their respective …

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UUID max character length

We are using UUID as primary key for out oracle DB, and trying to determine an appropriate max character length …

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MySQL: #1075 - Incorrect table definition; autoincrement vs another key?

Here is a table in MySQL 5.3.X+ db: CREATE TABLE members` ( `id` int(11) UNSIGNED NOT NULL AUTO_INCREMENT, `memberid` VARCHAR( 30 ) …

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How to add composite primary key to table

create table d(id numeric(1), code varchar(2)) After I create the above table how can I add a composite primary …

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Best way to reset an Oracle sequence to the next value in an existing column?

For some reason, people in the past have inserted data without using sequence.NEXTVAL. So when I go to use …

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MySQL duplicate entry error even though there is no duplicate entry

I am using MySQL 5.1.56, MyISAM. My table looks like this: CREATE TABLE IF NOT EXISTS `my_table` ( `number` int(11) NOT …

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SQL: set existing column as Primary Key in MySQL

I have a database with 3 columns: id, name, somethingelse This table has no index set and i am getting "No …

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MySQL - Meaning of "PRIMARY KEY", "UNIQUE KEY" and "KEY" when used together while creating a table

Can anyone explain about the purpose of PRIMARY KEY, UNIQUE KEY and KEY, if it is put together in a …

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