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The document discusses different types of keys used in relational database management systems (RDBMS). It defines super key, candidate key, primary key, composite key, secondary or alternative key, and non-key attributes. A super key uniquely identifies each record in a table but may contain unnecessary attributes, while a candidate key can serve as the primary key but one is selected. A primary key uniquely identifies each record and is the main key of a table. A composite key uses two or more attributes as a single key. Secondary keys are other candidate keys not selected as primary. Non-key attributes are not used to uniquely identify records.

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Database Keys in DBMS

The document discusses different types of keys used in relational database management systems (RDBMS). It defines super key, candidate key, primary key, composite key, secondary or alternative key, and non-key attributes. A super key uniquely identifies each record in a table but may contain unnecessary attributes, while a candidate key can serve as the primary key but one is selected. A primary key uniquely identifies each record and is the main key of a table. A composite key uses two or more attributes as a single key. Secondary keys are other candidate keys not selected as primary. Non-key attributes are not used to uniquely identify records.

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Database Keys
Keys are very important part of Relational database. They are used to establish and identify relation between

Database Concept

tables. They also ensure that each record within a table can be uniquely identified by combination of one or more

Overview of DBMS

fields within a table.

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Super Key

Database Model (database-

Super Key is defined as a set of attributes within a table that uniquely identifies each record within a table.

model)

Super Key is a superset of Candidate key.

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Candidate Key
Candidate keys are defined as the set of fields from which primary key can be selected. It is an attribute or set of
attribute that can act as a primary key for a table to uniquely identify each record in that table.

normalization)
E-R Diagrams (er-diagram)
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Primary Key

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Primary key is a candidate key that is most appropriate to become main key of the table. It is a key that uniquely

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Composite Key
Key that consist of two or more attributes that uniquely identify an entity occurance is called Composite key. But
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The candidate key which are not selected for primary key are known as secondary keys or alternative keys

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Non-key Attribute
Non-key attributes are attributes other than candidate key attributes in a table.

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