mysql> CREATE TABLE tmw_maps(id tinyint primary key auto_increment, map text not null, index(id)); Query OK, 0 rows affected (0.01 sec) mysql> show keys from tmw_maps\G *************************** 1. row *************************** Table: tmw_maps Non_unique: 0 Key_name: PRIMARY Seq_in_index: 1 Column_name: id Collation: A Cardinality: 0 Sub_part: NULL Packed: NULL Null: Index_type: BTREE Comment: *************************** 2. row *************************** Table: tmw_maps Non_unique: 1 Key_name: id Seq_in_index: 1 Column_name: id Collation: A Cardinality: NULL Sub_part: NULL Packed: NULL Null: Index_type: BTREE Comment: 2 rows in set (0.00 sec)