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Is the proper way to use the UNIQUE KEY in my MySQL table?

MySQL data. id 1 2 3 pid 2 3 3 aid 3 2 4

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MySQL table. CREATE TABLE ab ( id INT UNSIGNED NOT NULL AUTO_INCREMENT, pid INT UNSIGNED NOT NULL DEFAULT 0, aid INT UNSIGNED NOT NULL DEFAULT 0, PRIMARY KEY (id), UNIQUE KEY (pid, aid) );
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asked Oct 30 '10 at 19:11 slang 18 2

That depends on what you need it to do, which you haven't provided any detail about. OMG Ponies Oct 30 '10 at 19:13 @OMG Ponies what do you mean? slang Oct 30 '10 at 19:14 Elaborate please? Unique key would ensure that the values inserted are always unique (no duplicates are allowed). Pavanred Oct 30 '10 at 19:16 So my UNIQUE Key is wrong for my data? slang Oct 30 '10 at 19:17 Presentation Layer (HTML5/JQUERY) Architect for Innovative CREATETHE GROUP New York, NY; United States Sr. Software Engineer (Ruby on Rails) Sharethrough San Francisco, CA view more jobs

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The unique index you have created is a valid index. It creates an index which allows duplicate values in pid and also in aid but does not allow duplicates of any pair (pid, aid) . For example, this insert would fail if your table already contains the data from your example because it conflicts with the second row: INSERT INTO ab (pid, aid) VALUES (3, 2)
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if i have the number 3 for both pid and aid is that valid? slang Oct 30 '10 at 19:19 @sland: Yes that is valid. Mark Byers Oct 30 '10 at 19:20 can I have both aid and pid with the same values only once on the same row to be clear. slang Oct 30 '10 at 19:22 @slang: Yes, you can try INSERT INTO ab (pid, aid) VALUES (3, 3) . This will work the first time - but if you try it twice it will fail the second time. Mark Byers Oct 30 '10 at 19:24 Thanks for the help Mark Byers slang Oct 30 '10 at 19:25

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