CREATE TABLE t1 (a , b , (a) ) ENGINE= ; SHOW KEYS IN t1; Table Non_unique Key_name Seq_in_index Column_name Collation Cardinality Sub_part Packed Null Index_type Comment Index_comment t1 1 a 1 a # # NULL NULL # BTREE DROP TABLE t1; CREATE TABLE t1 (a , b , a_b (a,b) COMMENT 'a_b index' ) ENGINE= ; SHOW KEYS IN t1; Table Non_unique Key_name Seq_in_index Column_name Collation Cardinality Sub_part Packed Null Index_type Comment Index_comment t1 1 a_b 1 a # # NULL NULL # BTREE a_b index t1 1 a_b 2 b # # NULL NULL # BTREE a_b index DROP TABLE t1; CREATE TABLE t1 (a , b , (a), (b) ) ENGINE= ; SHOW KEYS IN t1; Table Non_unique Key_name Seq_in_index Column_name Collation Cardinality Sub_part Packed Null Index_type Comment Index_comment t1 1 a 1 a # # NULL NULL # BTREE t1 1 b 1 b # # NULL NULL # BTREE DROP TABLE t1; CREATE TABLE t1 (a , b , UNIQUE INDEX (a) ) ENGINE= ; SHOW KEYS IN t1; Table Non_unique Key_name Seq_in_index Column_name Collation Cardinality Sub_part Packed Null Index_type Comment Index_comment t1 0 a 1 a # # NULL NULL # BTREE INSERT INTO t1 (a,b) VALUES (1,'a'),(2,'b'); INSERT INTO t1 (a,b) VALUES (1,'c'); ERROR 23000: Duplicate entry '1' for key 'a' # Statement ended with one of expected results (ER_DUP_ENTRY,ER_DUP_KEY). # If you got a difference in error message, just add it to rdiff file DROP TABLE t1; CREATE TABLE t1 (a , b ) ENGINE= ; INSERT INTO t1 (a,b) VALUES (100,'z'); ALTER TABLE t1 ADD (a) COMMENT 'simple index on a'; SHOW INDEX FROM t1; Table Non_unique Key_name Seq_in_index Column_name Collation Cardinality Sub_part Packed Null Index_type Comment Index_comment t1 1 a 1 a # # NULL NULL # BTREE simple index on a ALTER TABLE t1 DROP KEY a; DROP TABLE t1; CREATE TABLE t1 (a , b , UNIQUE INDEX (a) ) ENGINE= ; SHOW KEYS IN t1; Table Non_unique Key_name Seq_in_index Column_name Collation Cardinality Sub_part Packed Null Index_type Comment Index_comment t1 0 a 1 a # # NULL NULL # BTREE INSERT INTO t1 (a,b) VALUES (1,'a'),(2,'b'); INSERT INTO t1 (a,b) VALUES (1,'c'); ERROR 23000: Duplicate entry '1' for key 'a' # Statement ended with one of expected results (ER_DUP_ENTRY,ER_DUP_KEY). # If you got a difference in error message, just add it to rdiff file ALTER TABLE t1 DROP INDEX a; INSERT INTO t1 (a,b) VALUES (1,'c'); ALTER TABLE t1 ADD UNIQUE INDEX a(a) ; ERROR 23000: Duplicate entry '1' for key 'a' # Statement ended with one of expected results (ER_DUP_ENTRY,ER_DUP_KEY). # If you got a difference in error message, just add it to rdiff file DROP TABLE t1;