MySQL: How to set the Primary Key on phpMyAdmin?

Question

Help! First time using phpMyAdmin. The column that I intend to set as a primary key is of TEXT in phpMyAdmin, it gave me an error message, the primary key can\'t be set! And I d

Answer 1

You can set a primary key on a text column. In phpMyAdmin, display the Structure of your table, click on Indexes, then ask to create the index on one column. Then choose PRIMARY, pick your TEXT column, but you have to put a length big enough so that its unique.