Hi,
Yes, it still allows duplicate (equal) rows to be inserted :(
Best Regards,
Deckard
Paul DuBois wrote:
> At 22:21 +0100 10/8/06, Deckard wrote:
>> Hi,
>>
>> Ok, naow i have this:
>>
>> CREATE TABLE wl_users(wl_user_id INT NOT NULL AUTO_INCREMENT, name
>> VARCHAR(255) NOT NULL, email VARCHAR(50) NOT NULL, password VARCHAR(32)
>> NOT NULL, PRIMARY KEY (wl_user_id, name, email, password)) TYPE=MyISAM;
>>
>> and it lets repeated rows.
>
> You have a PRIMARY KEY on all four columns in the table, so every
> combination of values for those four columns is required to be unique.
>
> Therefore, if you have repeated rows in the table, that's very strange.
>
> I claim you don't really have repeated rows. :-)
>
> Can you provide a test case that shows repeats?
>
>>
>> How can i avoid the repeates rows ?
>>
>> Best Regards,
>> Deckard
>>
>> Paul DuBois wrote:
>>> At 22:11 +0100 10/8/06, Deckard wrote:
>>>> Hi,
>>>>
>>>> How do i dreate a table, let's say:
>>>>
>>>> CREATE TABLE wl_articles(wl_articles_id INT NOT NULL AUTO_INCREMENT
>>>> PRIMARY KEY, title TEXT NOT NULL,
>>>> main TEXT NOT NULL, extended TEXT NOT NULL, permalink
>>>> VARCHAR(255) NOT NULL, date DATE NOT NULL, ip VARCHAR(15), user_agent
>>>> VARCHAR(50), status INTEGER NOT NULL,
>>>> password VARCHAR(32) NOT NULL) TYPE=MyISAM;
>>>>
>>>> without allowing INSERTs to repeat rows based on certain fields, for
>>>> example, "main" and "status" ?
>>>
>>> Normally, you would do this by creating a UNIQUE index on the
>>> combination
>>> of columns. (Or you could use a PRIMARY KEY if both columns are NOT
>>> NULL.)
>>>
>>> However, you cannot do what you want in this case. Why? Because
>>> main is
>>> a TEXT column, and TEXT columns allow a maximum of 255 initial
>>> characters
>>> to be indexed. That means you cannot use a UNIQUE index to provide a
>> > uniqueness constraint on anything from the 256th character on.
>
