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Thread: CONSTRAINT [pk_SwitchboardItems]

CONSTRAINT [pk_SwitchboardItems]
Frank Situmorang 12/30/2008 4:21:01 AM
Helllo:

In the table structure of the following, can anyone explain what is the
meaning of :
CONSTRAINT [pk_SwitchboardItems]?

CREATE TABLE [Switchboard Items] (
[SwitchboardID] LONG NOT NULL,
[ItemNumber] SMALLINT NOT NULL,
[Language] TEXT(50) NOT NULL,
[ItemText] TEXT(255) NOT NULL,
[Command] SMALLINT,
[Argument] TEXT(255) ,
CONSTRAINT [pk_SwitchboardItems]
PRIMARY KEY ([SwitchboardID], [ItemNumber], [Language])
);


Thanks very much
--
H. Frank Situmorang
Re: CONSTRAINT [pk_SwitchboardItems]
RoyVidar <roy_vidarNOSPAM[ at ]yahoo.no> 12/30/2008 9:30:51 AM
Frank Situmorang wrote:
[Quoted Text]
> Helllo:
>
> In the table structure of the following, can anyone explain what is
> the meaning of :
> CONSTRAINT [pk_SwitchboardItems]?
>
> CREATE TABLE [Switchboard Items] (
> [SwitchboardID] LONG NOT NULL,
> [ItemNumber] SMALLINT NOT NULL,
> [Language] TEXT(50) NOT NULL,
> [ItemText] TEXT(255) NOT NULL,
> [Command] SMALLINT,
> [Argument] TEXT(255) ,
> CONSTRAINT [pk_SwitchboardItems]
> PRIMARY KEY ([SwitchboardID], [ItemNumber], [Language])
> );
>
>
> Thanks very much

The last two lines,

CONSTRAINT [pk_SwitchboardItems]
PRIMARY KEY ([SwitchboardID], [ItemNumber], [Language])

creates a primary key index called pk_SwitchboardItems consisting
of the fields SwitchboardID, ItemNumber and Language

For more info, see for instance
http://office.microsoft.com/en-us/access/HP010322141033.aspx

--
Roy-Vidar


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