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is it good to use combined primary key for MySQL InnoDB clustered index?

I'm trying to build a aggregated reader website of multiple forums. Because most queries are likely to be within same time periods for written_time column, I'm thinking about taking advantage of ...
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Mysql int vs varchar as primary key (InnoDB Storage Engine?

I am build a web application (project management system) and I have been wondering about this when it come to performance. I have an Issues table an inside it there are 12 foreign keys linking to ...
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Can I have create an InnoDB table without a PK? If so, would a secondary index be used as the clustered index?

Is it possible to create an InnoDB table without a Primary Key? Since InnoDB tables are structured as clustered index around the PK, what would be the structure of a table without PK? Would that ...
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What's a good way to add a PRIMARY KEY to a large InnoDB table?

I have a table with around 30 million rows in MySQL 5.5 using the InnoDB storage engine. This table has a foreign key that links to another table with around 3 million rows. I want to add a primary ...