how to unique key in sql code example
Example 1: set column as unique in sql server
ALTER TABLE Persons
ADD UNIQUE (ID);
Example 2: sql unique
This constraint ensures all values in a column are unique.
Example 1 (MySQL): Adds a unique constraint to the id column when
creating a new users table.
CREATE TABLE users (
id int NOT NULL,
name varchar(255) NOT NULL,
UNIQUE (id)
);
Example 2 (MySQL): Alters an existing column to add a UNIQUE
constraint.
ALTER TABLE users
ADD UNIQUE (id);
Example 3: what is unique key in sql
Unique Key:
Only unique value and also can contain NULL
Example 4: 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.