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Add a primary key to every database table to uniquely identify each record. For some database systems within %PRODUCTNAME, a primary key is mandatory for editing the tables.</ahelp></paragraph> 52<bookmark xml-lang="en-US" branch="hid/WIZARDS_HID_DLGTABLE_OPT_PK_AUTOMATIC" id="bm_id1500289" localize="false"/> 53<paragraph role="heading" id="par_idN10560" xml-lang="en-US" level="3" l10n="NEW">Automatically add a primary key</paragraph> 54<paragraph role="paragraph" id="par_idN10564" xml-lang="en-US" l10n="NEW"><ahelp hid=".">Select to automatically add a primary key as an additional field.</ahelp></paragraph> 55<bookmark xml-lang="en-US" branch="hid/WIZARDS_HID_DLGTABLE_OPT_PK_SINGLE" id="bm_id9485152.00000001" localize="false"/> 56<paragraph role="heading" id="par_idN10567" xml-lang="en-US" level="3" l10n="NEW">Use an existing field as a primary key</paragraph> 57<paragraph role="paragraph" id="par_idN1056B" xml-lang="en-US" l10n="NEW"><ahelp hid=".">Select to use an existing field with unique values as a primary key.</ahelp></paragraph> 58<bookmark xml-lang="en-US" branch="hid/WIZARDS_HID_DLGTABLE_LB_PK_FIELDNAME" id="bm_id6801049" localize="false"/> 59<paragraph role="heading" id="par_idN1056E" xml-lang="en-US" level="4" l10n="NEW">Field name</paragraph> 60<paragraph role="paragraph" id="par_idN10572" xml-lang="en-US" l10n="NEW"><ahelp hid=".">Select the field name.</ahelp></paragraph> 61<bookmark xml-lang="en-US" branch="hid/WIZARDS_HID_DLGTABLE_CK_PK_AUTOVALUE" id="bm_id8796349" localize="false"/> 62<bookmark xml-lang="en-US" branch="hid/WIZARDS_HID_DLGTABLE_CK_PK_AUTOVALUE_AUTOMATIC" id="bm_id1406292" localize="false"/> 63<paragraph role="heading" id="par_idN10575" xml-lang="en-US" level="4" l10n="NEW">Auto value</paragraph> 64<paragraph role="paragraph" id="par_idN10579" xml-lang="en-US" l10n="NEW"><ahelp hid=".">Select to automatically insert a value and increment the field's value for each new record. The database must support automatic incrementation in order to use the <emph>Auto value</emph> feature.</ahelp></paragraph> 65<bookmark xml-lang="en-US" branch="hid/WIZARDS_HID_DLGTABLE_OPT_PK_SEVERAL" id="bm_id130008" localize="false"/> 66<paragraph role="heading" id="par_idN1057C" xml-lang="en-US" level="3" l10n="NEW">Define primary key by several fields</paragraph> 67<paragraph role="paragraph" id="par_idN10580" xml-lang="en-US" l10n="NEW"><ahelp hid=".">Select to create a primary key from a combination of several existing fields.</ahelp></paragraph> 68<bookmark xml-lang="en-US" branch="hid/WIZARDS_HID_DLGTABLE_FIELDS_PK_AVAILABLE" id="bm_id2555009" localize="false"/> 69<paragraph role="heading" id="par_idN10583" xml-lang="en-US" level="4" l10n="NEW">Available fields</paragraph> 70<paragraph role="paragraph" id="par_idN10587" xml-lang="en-US" l10n="NEW"><ahelp hid=".">Select a field and click > to add it to the list of primary key fields.</ahelp></paragraph> 71<embed href="text/shared/autopi/01090100.xhp#uebernehmen"/> 72<embed href="text/shared/autopi/01090100.xhp#entfernen"/> 73<bookmark xml-lang="en-US" branch="hid/WIZARDS_HID_DLGTABLE_CMDREMOVE_PK_SELECTED" id="bm_id8829309" localize="false"/> 74<paragraph role="heading" id="par_idN1059A" xml-lang="en-US" level="4" l10n="NEW">Primary key fields</paragraph> 75<paragraph role="paragraph" id="par_idN1059E" xml-lang="en-US" l10n="NEW"><ahelp hid=".">Select a field and click < to remove it from the list of primary key fields. The primary key is created as a concatenation of the fields in this list, from top to bottom.</ahelp></paragraph> 76<paragraph role="paragraph" id="par_idN105A1" xml-lang="en-US" l10n="NEW"><link href="text/shared/explorer/database/tablewizard04.xhp" name="Table Wizard - Create table">Table Wizard - Create table</link></paragraph> 77</body> 78</helpdocument> 79