sql unique key code example

Example 1: set column as unique in sql server

ALTER TABLE Persons
ADD UNIQUE (ID);

Example 2: unique constraint mssql

USE AdventureWorks2012;  
GO  
CREATE TABLE Production.TransactionHistoryArchive4  
 (  
   TransactionID int NOT NULL,   
   CONSTRAINT AK_TransactionID UNIQUE(TransactionID)   
);   
GO

Example 3: unique key

CREATE TABLE students  
(  
S_Id int NOT NULL,  
LastName varchar (255) NOT NULL,  
FirstName varchar (255),  
City varchar (255),  
UNIQUE (S_Id)  
)

Example 4: what is unique key in sql

Unique Key:
Only unique value and also can contain NULL

Example 5: 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.