If a table column has is UNIQUE and has NOT NULL, is it
equivalent to a PRIMARY KEY column?

Answer Posted / prashant t.

No.
It will same for doesn't allow null and duplicate values.
But, Primary key constrained applied Cluster index on that
column and unique key constraint non clustered index on
that column. that is the major differece still be there.

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