unique key in sql code example

Example 1: set column as unique in sql server

ALTER TABLE Persons
ADD UNIQUE (ID);

Example 2: sql make sure every user is unqiuew

create table user(
    user_id  INT  auto_increment  PRIMARY KEY,
    username varchar(50) not null,
    avator  varchar(50),
    gender  boolean not null,
    phone varchar(20),
    unique(username)
);

create table journey(
    id INT auto_increment PRIMARY KEY,
    start varchar(100) not null,
    dest varchar(100) not null,
    time date not null,
    person INT,
    user_id INT not null,
    foreign key(user_id) references user(user_id)
);

Example 3: unique element 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.

Example 4: unique constraint mssql

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

Example 5: 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 6: unique key in sql

Unique Key:
Only unique value and also can contain NULL