A foreign key is a set of attributes in a table that refers to the primary key of another table, linking these two tables. In the context of relational...
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compound key is a composite key for which each attribute that makes up the key is a foreign key in its own right.[citation needed] Composite keys have advantages...
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Relational database (section Foreign key)
key. Rows in a table can be linked to rows in other tables by adding a column for the unique key of the linked row (such columns are known as foreign...
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designation of a primary key may indicate the "preferred" identifier for data in the table, or that the primary key is to be used for foreign key references from...
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A surrogate key (or synthetic key, pseudokey, entity identifier, factless key, or technical key[citation needed]) in a database is a unique identifier...
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DBMSs only allow a foreign key constraint against a primary key but most systems will allow a foreign key constraint to reference any key of a table. The...
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a foreign key can only contain either null values or values from a parent table's primary key or a candidate key. In other words, when a foreign key value...
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Relational model (section Foreign keys)
special cases of constraints are expressed as keys and foreign keys: A candidate key, or simply a key, is the smallest subset of attributes guaranteed...
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being described. The attribute or parameter: typically implemented as a foreign key into a table of attribute definitions. The attribute definitions table...
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columns chosen to be the primary key should be unique and not null. Referential integrity concerns the concept of a foreign key. The referential integrity rule...
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PostgreSQL (section Foreign data wrappers)
properties, automatically updatable views, materialized views, triggers, foreign keys, and stored procedures. It is supported on all major operating systems...
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therefore, it must use a foreign key in conjunction with its attributes to create a primary key. The foreign key is typically a primary key of an entity it is...
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codes. For example, a person's sex may be Female, Male or Non-Binary. Foreign-key constraints: This is the more general case of set membership. The set...
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key to foreign key relationship between two tables, where the record in the first table can relate to multiple records in the second table. A foreign...
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Department.DepartmentID is the primary key of the Department table, whereas Employee.DepartmentID is a foreign key. Note that in Employee, "Williams" has...
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that are a foreign key to dimension tables. The primary key of a fact table is usually a composite key that is made up of all of its foreign keys. Fact tables...
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database invariant is referential integrity, which guarantees the primary key–foreign key relationship. Transactions are often executed concurrently (e.g., multiple...
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provides the standard ACID-compliant transaction features, along with foreign key support (declarative referential integrity). It is included as standard...
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between entities is implemented by storing the primary key of one entity as a pointer or "foreign key" in the table of another entity. There is a tradition...
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persistence tools and in object–relational mapping (ORM). Typically, foreign key relationships will be exposed as an object instance of the appropriate...
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category of 'Vehicles' and a child of 'Cars' with a child of 'Mercedes', a foreign key table relationship must be established unless the tree table is natively...
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possible, but one cannot use Supplier_Code as foreign key on Product table and using Supplier_Key as foreign key each product is tied on specific time slice...
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primary key of the containing relations and will therefore be appended as foreign key to the new relation: In the modified structure, the primary key is {Customer...
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Extract, transform, load (section Uniqueness of keys)
a foreign key is a column in another table that refers to a primary key. Keys can comprise several columns, in which case they are composite keys. In...
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"ReportsTo" column. In Relational database terms, the ReportsTo column is a foreign key referencing the EmpNo column. If the "child" data type were different...
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