MySQL: #1075 - Incorrect table definition; autoincrement vs another key?

Question

Here is a table in MySQL 5.3.X+ db:

CREATE TABLE members` (
  `id` int(11)  UNSIGNED NOT NULL AUTO_INCREMENT,
  `memberid` VARCHAR( 30 ) NOT NULL ,
  `Time`          


        

Answer 1

You can have an auto-Incrementing column that is not the PRIMARY KEY, as long as there is an index (key) on it:

CREATE TABLE members ( 
  id int(11)  UNSIGNED NOT NULL AUTO_INCREMENT,
  memberid VARCHAR( 30 ) NOT NULL , 
  `time` TIMESTAMP NOT NULL DEFAULT CURRENT_TIMESTAMP , 
  firstname VARCHAR( 50 ) NULL , 
  lastname VARCHAR( 50 ) NULL , 
  PRIMARY KEY (memberid) ,
  KEY (id)                          --- or:    UNIQUE KEY (id)
) ENGINE = MYISAM;