Re: does a table always need a PK?

>> do I need to have a primary key in the BOOK table? <<

Yes, otherwise it is not a table by definition. Assuming that you have more than one book, use the ISBN as the industry standard identifier and use this table:

CREATE TABLE Books
(isbn CHAR(10) NOT NULL,
 page_nbr INTEGER NOT NULL,
 content TEXT NOT NULL,
 PRIMARY KEY (isbn, page_nbr));

if you had only one book, use its title for the table name:

CREATE TABLE "Moby Dick"
(page_nbr INTEGER NOT NULL PRIMARY KEY,
 content TEXT NOT NULL);

You are splitting attributes in the original schema. That is, you put the attributes of a book in (n > 1) table, so the data model was not complete. Received on Sat Aug 23 2003 - 17:44:15 CDT