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Create a MySQL table with a primary key

A primary key uniquely identify a row in a table. One or more columns may be identified as the primary key. The values in a single column used as the primary key must be unique (like a person’s social security number). When more than one column is used, the combination of column values must be unique.


When creating the contacts table described in Create a basic MySQL table, the column contact_id can be made a primary key using PRIMARY KEY(contact_id) as with the following SQL command:

CREATE TABLE `test1` (
contact_id INT(10),
name VARCHAR(40),
birthdate DATE,
PRIMARY KEY (contact_id)
);

Additional columns can be identified as part of the primary key with a comma separated list in the PRIMARY KEY command, like PRIMARY KEY (contact_id, name).

Quinn McHenry
Quinn McHenry
Quinn was one of the original co-founders of Tech-Recipes. He is currently crafting iOS applications as a senior developer at Small Planet Digital in Brooklyn, New York.
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