MySQL: Name primary key in CREATE TABLE statement

Question

How do I set the name of a primary key when creating a table?

For example here I\'m trying to create a primary key with the name \'id\', but this is invalid SQL. Can

Answer 1

You don't have to specify the column name again, because you already specified it as part of the current field definition - just say PRIMARY KEY.

CREATE TABLE IF NOT EXISTS `default_test` (
    `id` SMALLINT NOT NULL AUTO_INCREMENT PRIMARY KEY,
    `name` LONGTEXT NOT NULL
)

Alternatively, you can specify it separately later:

CREATE TABLE IF NOT EXISTS `default_test` (
    `id` SMALLINT NOT NULL AUTO_INCREMENT,
    `name` LONGTEXT NOT NULL,
    PRIMARY KEY(`id`)
)