On Tue, Sep 16, 2003 at 08:25:39PM -0700, Scot Campbell wrote:
> I have a table w/ a primary key and 2 additional unique keys.
> 
> How can I determine which key was in error when a key violation occurs 
> (error=1062)?
> 
> The call is issued from PHP (4.4.3).
> 
> I can retrieve a message w/ mysql_error() which returns "Duplicate entry 
> '[EMAIL PROTECTED]' for key 3"
> 
> I'd rather get the name of the unique key, in this case I named it 
> `IDX_EMAILADDR`.
> 
> Any ideas? Thanks

Look at SHOW KEYS or SHOW CREATE TABLE and find the 3rd key.

Jeremy
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