[dba-Tech] Keys and indexes in MySQL

Mark Breen marklbreen at gmail.com
Fri Jan 21 02:20:22 CST 2005


No Idea John, but keep us informed about how you get on with mySQL, I
am quite interested to know.

I bought a book on it and it seemed years behind MS SQL, and with the
availability of MSDE, I knocked it on the head.

But do let us know,

Mark



On Thu, 20 Jan 2005 20:45:17 -0500, John W. Colby
<jwcolby at colbyconsulting.com> wrote:
> Can anyone tell me if creating an index on a field in MySQL causes it to be
> a "key" in their documentation or by their definition?  It seems unlikely
> but given the nebulous definition of a key to start with, who knows?
> 
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