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Primary key & index ?

Does a column which is declared as PRIMARY KEY is
also a default INDEX?
Jul 20 '05 #1
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Sandra wrote:
Does a column which is declared as PRIMARY KEY is
also a default INDEX?

A primay key field is also an index field (not the other way around).
So an actual index is created, which enforces key uniqueness.

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