Difference between revisions of "PRIMARY KEY Table Constraint"

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=PRIMARY KEY=
 
 
 
==Class==
 
Table Constraints
 
 
 
 
==Purpose==
 
==Purpose==
 
Table constraint to define table's Primary Key
 
Table constraint to define table's Primary Key

Revision as of 15:22, 29 October 2009

Purpose

Table constraint to define table's Primary Key


Syntax

PRIMARY KEY <expr> TAG <cTagName> [COLLATE <cCollateSequence>]


See Also

ALTER TABLE, CONSTRAINTS, CREATE TABLE


Description

A constraint is used to define rules that help to provide data integrity. TABLE constraints apply to table-based operations. You must have ALTER privilege on the table. The table will be locked for EXCLUSIVE use during the operation.

The PRIMARY KEY table constraint is used to define <expr> as the table's Primary Key. The <expr> can contain any valid index key. A unique tag index is built on the specified <expr>; it is given the name as defined in <cTagName>. If a table already has a primary key defined, an error will be returned.

The optional COLLATE <cCollateSequence> clause is included for Visual FoxPro language compatibility only.


Example

set sql to vfp
CREATE TABLE newcust (acc_ref char(5) default strzero(seqno(),5), acc_name char(20))
ALTER TABLE newcust ADD PRIMARY KEY acc_ref+acc_name TAG RefName
list structure index


Products

Recital Database Server, Recital Mirage Server, Recital Terminal Developer