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Candidate Key can be any column or a combination of columns that can qualify as a unique key in the database. There can be multiple Candidate keys in one table. Each candidate key can qualify as Primary Key.
Primary Key is a column or combination of columns that uniquely identify a record. Only one candidate key can be a primary key.
There has be care taken in selecting the Primary Key as an incorrect selection can have negative impact on the database architect and future normalization.
A candidate key should be Non-NULL and unique in any domain to qualify as a Primary Key
Primary Key is a column or combination of columns that uniquely identify a record. Only one candidate key can be a primary key.
There has be care taken in selecting the Primary Key as an incorrect selection can have negative impact on the database architect and future normalization.
A candidate key should be Non-NULL and unique in any domain to qualify as a Primary Key
Business Impacts
It is recommended to take care when using candidate keys as failing to so can result in adding risks and lack of productivity to a program.
CAST Recommendations
How we detect
This code insight shows that in a relational database design, a candidate key is just a unique identifier. Next a primary key is a candidate key that’s been singled out to uniquely identify each row in a table.
A unique key or primary key comprises a single column or set of columns. No two distinct rows in a table can have the same value (or combination of values) in those columns.
Depending on its design, a table may have arbitrarily many unique keys but at most one primary key.
A unique key or primary key comprises a single column or set of columns. No two distinct rows in a table can have the same value (or combination of values) in those columns.
Depending on its design, a table may have arbitrarily many unique keys but at most one primary key.
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