RE: Primary field do I need one

2006-12-27 Thread Jerry Schwartz
You do not absolutely need a primary key, but I suggest you add an auto-increment primary key anyways. When you start coding your PHP application, you may find that you need to identify a specific record and this auto-increment field will be your way to do that. Regards, Jerry Schwartz Global

RE: Primary field do I need one

2006-12-26 Thread Jay Blanchard
[snip] I'm working through (my first day) PHP MySQL for Dummies and I'm stuck on the primary field for my database. I want to create a racing pigeon results database that has 6 fields only. The results will be imported into the database in bulk from a CSV file Owner - GBring - Ering - Arrivedtime

Re: Primary field do I need one

2006-12-26 Thread Martijn Tonies
I'm working through (my first day) PHP MySQL for Dummies and I'm stuck on the primary field for my database. I want to create a racing pigeon results database that has 6 fields only. The results will be imported into the database in bulk from a CSV file Owner - GBring - Ering -

Re: Primary field do I need one

2006-12-26 Thread meridklt
meridklt wrote: I'm working through (my first day) PHP MySQL for Dummies and I'm stuck on the primary field for my database. I want to create a racing pigeon results database that has 6 fields only. The results will be imported into the database in bulk from a CSV file Owner - GBring -