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is it possible to create many primary key for a table?

Former Member
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hello sir/mam.

i am selva, i am new to abap,

is it possible to create many primary key for a table?

please guide me.

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eddy_declercq
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Hi,

A table can span multiple columns if that's the idea behind your question. Check also

http://help.sap.com/saphelp_nw2004s/helpdata/en/3c/384c4005a99523e10000000a1550b0/frameset.htm

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RichHeilman
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Developer Advocate
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No, you can only define one primary key for a table. You can create multiple secondary indexes for your db table via SE11.

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Rich Heilman

arvind_aj
Employee
Employee
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You can create many primary keys in a table. This becomes combinational primary key. This means, the combination of all primary keys acts as primary key for that table ( combination of data in all primary key field should be unique ).

former_member192029
Active Contributor
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Hi Selva,

A table consist of rows & columns. So, you can define a primary key in several columns in the table.

here you go the example

CREATE TABLE hotel.person

(pno FIXED(6),

name CHAR(20),

city CHAR(20))

Add a primary key:

ALTER TABLE hotel.person ADD PRIMARY KEY (pno,name)

Cheers

Jawahar Govindaraj

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Former Member
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Hi Selva,

Many Primary Keys = Composite Key.

i.e some set of columns will enable you to identify a unique row from a set of rows in the table.

This can be achieved by checking the primary key check box in se11.

Hope it helps.

Regards,

Maheswaran.B

Message was edited by: Maheswaran B

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Hi,

Pls don't forget to reward points and close the question if you find the answers useful.

Eddy

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