{"id":5057,"date":"2024-03-14T02:19:53","date_gmt":"2024-03-14T02:19:53","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.silicloud.com\/blog\/how-to-alter-the-primary-key-of-a-table-in-mysql\/"},"modified":"2025-07-31T18:24:06","modified_gmt":"2025-07-31T18:24:06","slug":"how-to-alter-the-primary-key-of-a-table-in-mysql","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.silicloud.com\/blog\/how-to-alter-the-primary-key-of-a-table-in-mysql\/","title":{"rendered":"MySQL: Alter Table Primary Key"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>To change the primary key of a table, you can use the ALTER TABLE statement and specify the new primary key column in the table. 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