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MySQL UNIQUE Constraint

The UNIQUE constraint ensures that all values in a column are different.

Both the UNIQUE and PRIMARY KEY constraints provide a guarantee for uniqueness for a column or set of columns.

A PRIMARY KEY constraint automatically has a UNIQUE constraint.

However, you can have many UNIQUE constraints per table, but only one PRIMARY KEY constraint per table.

The following SQL creates a UNIQUE constraint on the "ID" column when the "Persons" table is created:

CREATE TABLE Persons ( ID int NOT NULL, LastName varchar(255) NOT NULL, FirstName varchar(255), Age int, UNIQUE (ID) );

To name a UNIQUE constraint, and to define a UNIQUE constraint on multiple columns, use the following SQL syntax:

CREATE TABLE Persons ( ID int NOT NULL, LastName varchar(255) NOT NULL, FirstName varchar(255), Age int, CONSTRAINT UC_Person UNIQUE (ID,LastName) );

To create a UNIQUE constraint on the "ID" column when the table is already created, use the following SQL:

ALTER TABLE Persons ADD UNIQUE (ID);

To name a UNIQUE constraint, and to define a UNIQUE constraint on multiple columns, use the following SQL syntax:

ALTER TABLE Persons ADD CONSTRAINT UC_Person UNIQUE (ID,LastName);

To drop a UNIQUE constraint, use the following SQL:

ALTER TABLE Persons DROP INDEX UC_Person; ❮ Previous Next ❯ ★ +1 Sign in to track progress