Top "Primary-key" questions

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

Surrogate vs. natural/business keys

Here we go again, the old argument still arises... Would we better have a business key as a primary key, …

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How to make a primary key start from 1000?

create table tablename ( id integer unsigned not null AUTO_INCREMENT, .... primary key id ); I need the primary key to start …

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Error Code: 1062. Duplicate entry 'PRIMARY'

So, my professor gave me tables to insert it in a database but when I execute his code, MySQL is …

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SQL - Unique Key, Primary Key & Foreign Key

What are the differences between Unique Key, Primary Key and Foreign Key with respect to concept of SQL? How they …

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Multi-Column Primary Key in MySQL 5

I'm trying to learn how to use keys and to break the habit of necessarily having SERIAL type IDs for …

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What is the difference between a primary key and a index key

Can anyone tell me what is the difference between a primary key and index key. And when to use which?

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Primary & Foreign Keys in pgAdmin

I was wondering can some give me an explanation on how to assign primary and foreign keys in pgAdmin? I …

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ADO.NET Entity Framework: Update Wizard will not add tables

I added a new ADO.Net Entity Data Model into my project and used the Update Wizard to add tables …

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Primary key and unique key in django

I had a custom primary key that need to be set up on a particular data in a model. This …

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Hibernate/persistence without @Id

I have a database view that yields a result set that has no true primary key. I want to use …

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