How to get primary key of table?

Question

Is there a way to get the name of primary key field from mysql-database? For example:

I have a table like this:

+----+------+
| id | name |
+----+---         


        

Answer 1

A better way is to use SHOW KEYS since you don't always have access to information_schema. The following works:

SHOW KEYS FROM table WHERE Key_name = 'PRIMARY'

Column_name will contain the name of the primary key.

Answer 2

Here is the Primary key Column Name

SELECT k.column_name
FROM information_schema.table_constraints t
JOIN information_schema.key_column_usage k
USING(constraint_name,table_schema,table_name)
WHERE t.constraint_type='PRIMARY KEY'
  AND t.table_schema='YourDatabase'
  AND t.table_name='YourTable';

Answer 3

You should use PRIMARY from key_column_usage.constraint_name = "PRIMARY"

sample query,

SELECT k.column_name as PK, concat(tbl.TABLE_SCHEMA, '.`', tbl.TABLE_NAME, '`') as TABLE_NAME
FROM information_schema.TABLES tbl
JOIN information_schema.key_column_usage k on k.table_name = tbl.table_name
WHERE k.constraint_name='PRIMARY'
  AND tbl.table_schema='MYDB'
  AND tbl.table_type="BASE TABLE";

Answer 4

I use SHOW INDEX FROM table ; it gives me alot of informations ; if the key is unique, its sequenece in the index, the collation, sub part, if null, its type and comment if exists, see screenshot here

Answer 5

SELECT kcu.column_name, kcu.ordinal_position
FROM   information_schema.table_constraints tc
INNER JOIN information_schema.key_column_usage kcu
ON     tc.CONSTRAINT_CATALOG = kcu.CONSTRAINT_CATALOG
AND    tc.CONSTRAINT_SCHEMA = kcu.CONSTRAINT_SCHEMA
AND    tc.CONSTRAINT_NAME = kcu.CONSTRAINT_NAME
WHERE  tc.table_schema = schema()             -- only look in the current schema
AND    tc.constraint_type = 'PRIMARY KEY'
AND    tc.table_name = '<your-table-name>'    -- specify your table.
ORDER BY kcu.ordinal_position

Answer 6

How about this:

SELECT COLUMN_NAME
FROM INFORMATION_SCHEMA.COLUMNS
WHERE TABLE_SCHEMA = 'Your Database'
  AND TABLE_NAME = 'Your Table name'
  AND COLUMN_KEY = 'PRI';


SELECT COLUMN_NAME
FROM INFORMATION_SCHEMA.COLUMNS
WHERE TABLE_SCHEMA = 'Your Database'
  AND TABLE_NAME = 'Your Table name'
  AND COLUMN_KEY = 'UNI';