Home/ Questions/Q 8606417
In Process

The Archive Base Latest Questions

Editorial Team
  • 0
Asked: 2026-06-12T03:05:16+00:00

I just want some advice, when creating a Question Table in the database, do

  • 0

I just want some advice, when creating a “Question” Table in the database, do I need store in the question number for each question or is this not needed as each question will have its own unique Id thanks to auto increment and that when students take the exam, the questions are going to appear in random order for each student so they can’t copy answers.

In other words should the Question table be like this (Example 1):

    QuestionId (int 11) auto increment PK  //unique identifier for each question
    QuestionNo (int 3) //the question number
    QuestionContent (varchar 800) //the question itself
AnswerId (int 11) //Foreign key to AnswerId in Answer Table

Or should it be like this (example 2):

    QuestionId (int 11) auto increment PK  //unique identifier for each question
    QuestionContent (varchar 800) //the question itself
AnswerId (int 11) //Foreign key to AnswerId in Answer Table
Share

Leave an answer

You must login to add an answer.

Need An Account,

1 Answer

  1. Editorial Team

    I think you answered your own question. The auto-increment PK field means that each question will have a unique ID number. The only reason you’d need to provide another question number field is if you need to be able to find questions according to some other numbering system that’s already determined, or if the question number has some other significance.

    • 0