Define an Unique key

How to definie an Unique key for a field? And how to auto increase an unique key?

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Originally Posted by Ho

How to definie an Unique key for a field? And how to auto increase an unique key?

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Hello Ho, you can use the AUTOINC column constraint when creating your table.

Where to define an Unique key for a non-numeric field or a combination of fields?

in vfp you would define an index of type candidate. Lokking through Lianja docs on "index",
candidate is not mentioned yet and errors in current refresh,
but Unique and Set unique on/off are metnioned in the docs on index.

Or try through standard SQL language or documented Recital SQL
with the Alter table command. Currently no time to play myself ;-)

HTH

thomas

Just use the INDEX ON command and the UNIQUE keyword, e.g. in the Console:

open database southwind
use employees
index on trim(lastname)+" "+firstname unique tag fullname

Or in SQL, specify the UNIQUE keyword in the CREATE INDEX command, e.g. in the Console:

create unique index sqlfullname on employees (trim(lastname)+" "+firstname)