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    The document discusses the differences between indexes, primary keys, and unique indexes in MySQL databases. A primary key uniquely identifies each record in a table and enforces referential integrity. An index improves access time by indexing one or more fields. A unique index is a type of index that requires the fields indexed to be unique so no other record can have the same values. A primary key has a unique index created automatically behind it to improve performance.

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    The document discusses the differences between indexes, primary keys, and unique indexes in MySQL databases. A primary key uniquely identifies each record in a table and enforces referential integrity. An index improves access time by indexing one or more fields. A unique index is a type of index that requires the fields indexed to be unique so no other record can have the same values. A primary key has a unique index created automatically behind it to improve performance.

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    The document discusses the differences between indexes, primary keys, and unique indexes in MySQL databases. A primary key uniquely identifies each record in a table and enforces referential integrity. An index improves access time by indexing one or more fields. A unique index is a type of index that requires the fields indexed to be unique so no other record can have the same values. A primary key has a unique index created automatically behind it to improve performance.

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    MySQL: index vs. primary vs. unique?

    Not really a formal definition, but here it is: Primary Key - Key to the specific record, tells you what uniquely identifies that record Index - one of more fields indexed to improve access time Unique Index - type of index, means that a field or group of field is unique, so no other record can have the same one Note that "primary" is called PRIMARY KEY not INDEX. KEY is something on the logical level, describes your table and database design (i.e. enforces referential integrity ...) INDEX is something on the physical level, helps improve access time for table operations. Behind every PK there is (usually) unique index created (automatically)

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