Question

I have this situation:

MySQL – Newbie question: Which are the PK and the FK for these tables? (take a look at the table Salaries)

How do you create a table with multiple primary keys?

create table salaries
(
  dep_id smallint auto_increment primary key, 
  emp_id smallint auto_increment primary key, 
  bla varchar(20)
);

I receive an error if I try the code above. Any ideas?

Answer 1

A table can only have one primary key. However, the primary key can consist of multiple columns, e.g.

CREATE TABLE salaries (
    dep_id SMALLINT UNSIGNED NOT NULL,
    an_id SMALLINT UNSIGNED NOT NULL,
    bla VARCHAR(20),
    PRIMARY KEY (dep_id, an_id)
);