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pkey

Name

pkey -- returns the primary key of a table

Synopsis

pkey(table)

Parameters

table

name of table.

Return Type

string

Name of field which is the primary key of the table.

Description

pkey() method returns the primary key of a table. Note that this raises an exception if the table does not have a primary key.