At 5:54 PM -0700 9/17/01, Armando Cerna wrote:
>I understand everything you said except primary key do i need one I have seen
>it before in some fields but have no clue what it is... thanks btw =)
All the more reason to consult the manual! :-)
>
>Armando
>
>On Monday 17 September 2001 05:44 pm, you wrote:
>> At 5:34 PM -0700 9/17/01, Armando Cerna wrote:
>> >I need to insert a phone number into a table. I would do this with the
>> >insert command except I think that it would create duplicate entries even
>> >though they are exactly the same is there a way that I can have it not
>> > enter the data if it exists already
>>
>> INSERT IGNORE
>>
>> will ignore the new record if it duplicates an existing record on
>> a primary key value.
>>
>> It's in the manual:
>> http://www.mysql.com/doc/I/N/INSERT.html
>>
>> >TIA
> > >Armando
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