Re: Unique index/primary key case-insensitive?

2002-02-15 Thread Arjen Lentz
Hi Andreas, On Sat, 2002-02-16 at 08:52, Andreas Frøsting wrote: > Why does MySQL have this strange behavoir, treating unique indexes > case-insensitive? > Can anyone explain MySQL's behaviour and how I do a workaround making > unique indexes and primary keys case sensitive? > I've been over the

Unique index/primary key case-insensitive?

2002-02-15 Thread Andreas Frøsting
Hi there, I'm having som difficulties trying to figure out MySQL's unique indexes and primary keys. Case: mysql> create table flaf (lala varchar(20) not null, unique(lala)); Query OK, 0 rows affected (0.00 sec) mysql> insert into flaf VALUES ('hest'); Query OK, 1 row affected (0.00 sec) my

Re: Unique/Index/Primary

2001-03-18 Thread Jeremy D. Zawodny
On Sun, Mar 18, 2001 at 03:58:46PM -0500, Ryan Shrout wrote: > > Could someone explain to me the difference between the > Primary/Index/Unique attributes of MySQL? I am coming from using MS > SQL where there is only the Primary key option. And INDEXed column may have duplicate values in it. A UN

Unique/Index/Primary

2001-03-18 Thread Ryan Shrout
Could someone explain to me the difference between the Primary/Index/Unique attributes of MySQL? I am coming from using MS SQL where there is only the Primary key option. Sorry if this is too beginner of a question for this list. Ryan Shrout Athlonmb.com Production Manager http://www.athlonmb.