NULL value in multi-column primary key

Question

I\'ve got a table with several columns making up the primary key. The nature of the data stored allows some of these fields to have NULL values. I have designed

Answer 1

You can use unique key like this:

mysql> CREATE TABLE `test` (
    ->     `Field1` SMALLINT(5) UNSIGNED NOT NULL,
    ->     `Field2` DECIMAL(5,2) UNSIGNED NULL DEFAULT NULL,
    ->     UNIQUE KEY (`Field1`, `Field2`)
    -> )
    -> COLLATE='latin1_swedish_ci'
    -> ENGINE=InnoDB;
Query OK, 0 rows affected (0.03 sec)

mysql> 
mysql> desc test
    -> ;
+--------+-----------------------+------+-----+---------+-------+
| Field  | Type                  | Null | Key | Default | Extra |
+--------+-----------------------+------+-----+---------+-------+
| Field1 | smallint(5) unsigned  | NO   | MUL | NULL    |       |
| Field2 | decimal(5,2) unsigned | YES  |     | NULL    |       |
+--------+-----------------------+------+-----+---------+-------+
2 rows in set (0.01 sec)