Обсуждение: Primary Keys

How are primary keys searched on...are they similar to how indexes work?


S RAY HUNTER
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I can't say for sure, but I think they are identical to an index with a
unique constraint...

check the docs for more info.

On Wed, 21 Aug 2002, Ray Hunter wrote:

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On Thu, 2002-08-22 at 01:43, Ray Hunter wrote:
> How are primary keys searched on...are they similar to how indexes work?

Yes.  A unique index is automatically created when a primary key is
declared.

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