Certainly! Here is another example of creating a table with a different context, where one column is constrained as the primary key:
Suppose we are creating a table for a library system to keep track of books. We will use the ISBN
(International Standard Book Number) as the primary key, as it uniquely identifies each book.
The SQL syntax would be as follows:
CREATE TABLE Books (
ISBN VARCHAR(13) NOT NULL,
Title VARCHAR(255) NOT NULL,
Author VARCHAR(255) NOT NULL,
PublicationYear INT NOT NULL,
CONSTRAINT PK_ISBN PRIMARY KEY (ISBN)
);
Explanation:
CREATE TABLE Books
: This command creates a new table namedBooks
.ISBN VARCHAR(13) NOT NULL
: This defines a column namedISBN
with a data type ofVARCHAR
and a maximum length of 13 characters. TheNOT NULL
constraint ensures that theISBN
field cannot contain NULL values.Title VARCHAR(255) NOT NULL
: This defines a column namedTitle
with a data type ofVARCHAR
and a maximum length of 255 characters. TheNOT NULL
constraint ensures that theTitle
field cannot contain NULL values.Author VARCHAR(255) NOT NULL
: This defines a column namedAuthor
with a data type ofVARCHAR
and a maximum length of 255 characters. TheNOT NULL
constraint ensures that theAuthor
field cannot contain NULL values.PublicationYear INT NOT NULL
: This defines a column namedPublicationYear
with a data type ofINT
(integer). TheNOT NULL
constraint ensures that thePublicationYear
field cannot contain NULL values.CONSTRAINT PK_ISBN PRIMARY KEY (ISBN)
: This adds a constraint to the table, naming itPK_ISBN
, and sets theISBN
column as the primary key for the table. The primary key constraint ensures that each value in theISBN
column is unique and not null.
This syntax will successfully create the Books
table with ISBN
as the primary key.