Scribd Logo
Upload

Welcome to Scribd!

  • 6 views

    Keys

    Uploaded by

    Zubair Rizwan
    Keys in a database management system (DBMS) are attributes that uniquely identify rows in a table and allow relationships to be defined between tables. There are seven types of keys that serve different purposes, such as uniquely identifying rows, defining relationships between tables, or comprising a combination of attributes.

    Copyright:

    © All Rights Reserved
    Download as DOCX, PDF, TXT or read online from Scribd
    Flag for inappropriate content

    You might also like

    Keys

    Uploaded by

    Zubair Rizwan
    6 views1 page
    Keys in a database management system (DBMS) are attributes that uniquely identify rows in a table and allow relationships to be defined between tables. There are seven types of keys that serve different purposes, such as uniquely identifying rows, defining relationships between tables, or comprising a combination of attributes.

    Original Description:

    Original Title

    keys.docx

    Copyright

    © © All Rights Reserved

    Available Formats

    DOCX, PDF, TXT or read online from Scribd

    Did you find this document useful?

    Is this content inappropriate?

    Report this Document
    Keys in a database management system (DBMS) are attributes that uniquely identify rows in a table and allow relationships to be defined between tables. There are seven types of keys that serve different purposes, such as uniquely identifying rows, defining relationships between tables, or comprising a combination of attributes.

    Copyright:

    © All Rights Reserved
    Download as DOCX, PDF, TXT or read online from Scribd
    Flag for inappropriate content
    Download as docx, pdf, or txt
    6 views1 page

    Keys

    Uploaded by

    Zubair Rizwan
    Keys in a database management system (DBMS) are attributes that uniquely identify rows in a table and allow relationships to be defined between tables. There are seven types of keys that serve different purposes, such as uniquely identifying rows, defining relationships between tables, or comprising a combination of attributes.

    Copyright:

    © All Rights Reserved
    Download as DOCX, PDF, TXT or read online from Scribd
    Flag for inappropriate content
    Download as docx, pdf, or txt
    of 1

    What are Keys?

    A DBMS key is an attribute or set of an attribute which helps you to identify a


    row(tuple) in a relation(table). They allow you to find the relation between two
    tables. Keys help you uniquely identify a row in a table by a combination of
    one or more columns in that table.

    DBMS has folwing seven types of Keys each have their different functionality:

     Super Key
     Primary Key
     Candidate Key
     Alternate Key
     Foreign Key
     Compound Key
     Composite Key
     Surrogate Key

    You might also like