MySQL insert into Statement Exercises: Insert a record into the table countries to ensure that, a country_id and region_id combination will be entered once in the table

MySQL insert into Statement: Exercise-9 with Solution

9. Write a SQL statement to insert a record into the table countries to ensure that, a country_id and region_id combination will be entered once in the table.

Create the table countries.

CREATE TABLE IF NOT EXISTS countries ( 
COUNTRY_ID integer NOT NULL,
COUNTRY_NAME varchar(40) NOT NULL,
REGION_ID integer NOT NULL,
PRIMARY KEY (COUNTRY_ID,REGION_ID)
);

INSERT INTO countries VALUES(501,'India',185);

mysql> SELECT * FROM countries;
+------------+--------------+-----------+
| COUNTRY_ID | COUNTRY_NAME | REGION_ID |
+------------+--------------+-----------+
|        501 | India        |       185 |
+------------+--------------+-----------+

Sample Solution:

INSERT INTO countries VALUES(501,'Italy',185);

Let execute the above code in MySQL 5.6 command prompt.

mysql> INSERT INTO countries VALUES(501,'Italy',185);
ERROR 1062 (23000): Duplicate entry '501-185' for key 'PRIMARY'

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