[ic] autonumber with mySQL

[Stefan Hornburg]

On Wed, 14 Jan 2004 23:43:00 +0000 (UTC)
Jon Jensen <jon at endpoint.com> wrote:

> On Wed, 14 Jan 2004, Grant wrote:
> 
> > > Do I have another shot in the dark <g> ? I think you missing NOT NULL for
> > > the code column.
> > 
> > Thank you very much for your help Racke and Rene.  The NOT NULL was missing.
> 
> I don't see how that can be the case. The MySQL documentation says (and a
> quick test creating a table in MySQL verifies):
> 
> > A PRIMARY KEY is a unique KEY where all key columns must be defined as NOT 
> > NULL. If they are not explicitly declared as NOT NULL, it will be done 
> > implicitly (and quietly).
> 
> http://www.mysql.com/doc/en/CREATE_TABLE.html

mysql> create table foo (bar int, primary key(bar));
ERROR 1171: All parts of a PRIMARY KEY must be NOT NULL;  If you need NULL in a key, use UNIQUE instead

MySQL 3.

Bye
	Racke


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