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You have to present a seminar on the topic “Keys in RDBMS”. Prepare the seminar report. |
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Answer» 1. Candidate Key: It is a set of attributes that uniquely identifies a row. There may be more than candidate key and maybe a combination of more than one attribute. 2. Primary Key: A primary key is one of the Candidate Keys. It is a set of one or more attributes that can uniquely identify tuples in a relation. 3. Alternate Key: The Candidate key that is not the. primary key is called the alternate key. 4. Super Key: A combination of a primary key with any other attribute or group of attributes is called a super key. 5. Foreign Key: A single attribute or a set of attributes, which is a candidate key in another table, is called foreign key. |
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