At 10:55 -0600 2/1/02, Rick Emery wrote:
>It's created when that field is the first field in a multi-field index.
That's always what I think at first when I see "MUL", too.
Actually, it means the column is part of a non-unique index.
>
>For example:
>
>mysql> describe mytable;
>+-------+---------+------+-----+---------+-------+
>| Field | Type | Null | Key | Default | Extra |
>+-------+---------+------+-----+---------+-------+
>| id | int(11) | YES | | NULL | |
>| val | char(5) | YES | | NULL | |
>+-------+---------+------+-----+---------+-------+
>2 rows in set (0.38 sec)
>
>mysql> alter table mytable add index qq(id,val);
>
>mysql> describe mytable;
>+-------+---------+------+-----+---------+-------+
>| Field | Type | Null | Key | Default | Extra |
>+-------+---------+------+-----+---------+-------+
>| id | int(11) | YES | MUL | NULL | |
>| val | char(5) | YES | | NULL | |
>+-------+---------+------+-----+---------+-------+
>2 rows in set (0.00 sec)
>
>-----Original Message-----
>From: Shon Stephens [mailto:sstephens@stripped]
>Sent: Friday, February 01, 2002 10:24 AM
>To: mysql@stripped
>Subject: what type of key is this?
>
>
>i have been asked to create an sql table with a certain structure. i was
>sent a
>description of the table. the first column is desribed as having a "MUL"
>key. i don't now what that is or how to create it. can someone please help.
>
>thanks,
>shon
>
>
>
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