>>>>> "WJ" == WJ Gilmore <gilmore@stripped> writes:
WJ> Hi there.
WJ> I would like to clear a minor bit of confusion that I have been having
WJ> regarding the creation of table columns and whether to use PRIMARY KEY
WJ> or UNIQUE to set up a column that will contain a unique value.
>> From the docs., it seems as if there is no real distinction between the
WJ> definition of PRIMARY KEY and UNIQUE. Is this true? I ask this because
WJ> it seems as if the docs go through quite a bit of trouble to denote each
WJ> when necessary.
WJ> In short, are they one in the same? If not, could somebody please list
WJ> the differences?
Hi!
The only difference is that a PRIMARY key is named 'PRIMARY' while an
UNIQUE KEY may have any name.
Regards,
Monty
