A primary key is a lot more than just a non-null, unique field. The primary key is the field (or group of fields) which serve to uniquely identify a row. By declaring a primary key you are giving the database lots of information about how the table is structured and which columns depend on which others.
Primary key fields are almost always indexed, and defining a primary key is vital if you want to use foreign keys in other tables which reference this one, or features such as "REPLACE INTO" (which updates an existing matching row or inserts a new one if there is no existing row with the same key.)
The bottom line is that I can't think of a situation in which you should not define a primary key.
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