Do you need to explicitly create an index, or is it implicit when defining the primary key? Is the answer the same for MyISAM and InnoDB?
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Do you need to explicitly create an index, or is it implicit when defining the primary key? Is the answer the same for MyISAM and InnoDB?
The primary key is always indexed. This is the same for MyISAM and InnoDB, and is generally true for all storage engines that at all supports indices.