在create table的語句中,key和index混淆在一起,官方手冊中的解釋是這樣:
KEY
?is normally a synonym for?INDEX
. The key attribute?PRIMARY KEY
?can also be specified as just?KEY
?when given in a column definition. This was implemented for compatibility with other database systems.KEY通常是INDEX的同義詞。當在列定義中給出時,鍵屬性PRIMARY KEY也可以被指定為KEY。這是為了與其他數據庫系統兼容而實現的。