how to find unique key in sql
DISTINCT
- select distinct * from employees; ==>
retrieves any row if it has at
least a single unique column.
- select distinct first_name from employees; ==>
retrieves unique names
from table. (removes duplicates)
- select distinct count(*) from employees;
retrieve number of unique rows
if any row has at least a single unique data.primary key and unique key in sql
What is the difference between UNIQUE and PRIMARY KEY constraints?
There should be only one PRIMARY KEY
in a table whereas there can be
any number of UNIQUE Keys.
PRIMARY KEY doesn’t allow NULL
values whereas Unique key allows NULL values.unique key in sql
Unique Key:
Only unique value and also can contain NULLUnique Key in sql
CREATE TABLE Students ( /* Create table with a single field as unique */
ID INT NOT NULL UNIQUE
Name VARCHAR(255)
);
CREATE TABLE Students ( /* Create table with multiple fields as unique */
ID INT NOT NULL
LastName VARCHAR(255)
FirstName VARCHAR(255) NOT NULL
CONSTRAINT PK_Student
UNIQUE (ID, FirstName)
);
ALTER TABLE Students /* Set a column as unique */
ADD UNIQUE (ID);
ALTER TABLE Students /* Set multiple columns as unique */
ADD CONSTRAINT PK_Student /* Naming a unique constraint */
UNIQUE (ID, FirstName);Copyright © 2021 Codeinu
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