Creating UNIQUE constraint on multiple columns in MySQL Workbench EER diagram

In the Alter Table dialog of MySQL Workbench:

  • Go to Indexes tab.
  • Double-click on a blank row to create a new index.
  • Choose ‘UNIQUE’ as the index type.
  • Check the columns that you want to be unique together.

There’s some discussion as to whether this is weird, since an index is not the same as a constraint. I certainly wouldn’t have thought to look there. However, apparently the `unique index’ enforces uniqueness in the same way as a unique constraint, and may improve performance. For example, if I try to insert a row that would break unique together after using this method, it throws an ‘1062 Duplicate entry’ error.

Leave a Comment

Hata!: SQLSTATE[HY000] [1045] Access denied for user 'divattrend_liink'@'localhost' (using password: YES)