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In the relational model of databases, a primary key is a specific choice of a minimal set of attributes (columns) that uniquely specify a tuple (row) in a relation (table).[a][1] Informally, a primary key is "which attributes identify a record," and in simple cases constitute a single attribute: a unique ID. More formally, a primary key is a choice of candidate key (a minimal superkey); any other candidate key is an alternate key.
A primary key may consist of real-world observables, in which case it is called a natural key, while an attribute created to function as a key and not used for identification outside the database is called a surrogate key. For example, for a database of people (of a given nationality), time and location of birth could be a natural key.[b] National identification number is another example of an attribute that may be used as a natural key.
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world and the primarykey of the database. In this case the surrogate may be used as a primarykey, resulting in the term surrogate key. In a temporal...
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tables together by referencing the primarykeys (PK) of each data table. In effect, it contains a number of foreign keys (FK), each in a many-to-one relationship...
designated as a primarykey by which the rows of the table could be uniquely identified; cross-references between tables always used these primarykeys, rather...
by an illegal transaction. Referential integrity guarantees the primarykey–foreign key relationship. Transactions are often executed concurrently (e.g...
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