thanks, that did the trick just fine. shon
----- Original Message ----- From: "Rick Emery" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "'Shon Stephens'" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>; <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Friday, February 01, 2002 11:55 AM Subject: RE: what type of key is this? > It's created when that field is the first field in a multi-field index. > > For example: > > mysql> describe mytable; > +-------+---------+------+-----+---------+-------+ > | Field | Type | Null | Key | Default | Extra | > +-------+---------+------+-----+---------+-------+ > | id | int(11) | YES | | NULL | | > | val | char(5) | YES | | NULL | | > +-------+---------+------+-----+---------+-------+ > 2 rows in set (0.38 sec) > > mysql> alter table mytable add index qq(id,val); > > mysql> describe mytable; > +-------+---------+------+-----+---------+-------+ > | Field | Type | Null | Key | Default | Extra | > +-------+---------+------+-----+---------+-------+ > | id | int(11) | YES | MUL | NULL | | > | val | char(5) | YES | | NULL | | > +-------+---------+------+-----+---------+-------+ > 2 rows in set (0.00 sec) > > -----Original Message----- > From: Shon Stephens [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] > Sent: Friday, February 01, 2002 10:24 AM > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Subject: what type of key is this? > > > i have been asked to create an sql table with a certain structure. i was > sent a > description of the table. the first column is desribed as having a "MUL" > key. i don't now what that is or how to create it. can someone please help. > > thanks, > shon > > > > --------------------------------------------------------------------- > Before posting, please check: > http://www.mysql.com/manual.php (the manual) > http://lists.mysql.com/ (the list archive) > > To request this thread, e-mail <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > To unsubscribe, e-mail <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Trouble unsubscribing? Try: http://lists.mysql.com/php/unsubscribe.php --------------------------------------------------------------------- Before posting, please check: http://www.mysql.com/manual.php (the manual) http://lists.mysql.com/ (the list archive) To request this thread, e-mail <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To unsubscribe, e-mail <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Trouble unsubscribing? Try: http://lists.mysql.com/php/unsubscribe.php
