yes a primary key can map the whole data base because if we take the example of any employee table in which ssn is the primary key with the help of this key we can determine that employee name and where he works on & which post ,his or her post,department no,location etc. so i think it can be true.
its a unique key use to identify data in database
With reference to Databases, what are Primary keys?
Yes. Primary key can be inserted to one field in the database. The field should be unique and not null.
No, it does not. A primary key can be different types of data, not just an integer.
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What type of database are you using
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The primary key is the field containing unique values that aid in database operations. The secondary key is used in addition or as an alternate to the primary key. Both are candidate keys, it's just that one was chosen to be primary.
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In the actual SQL, by means of the primary key constraint.
A primary key is an attribute (or combination of attributes) that uniquely identifies each row in a relation. A primary key is designated by underlining the attribute name. The primary key of an entity set allows us to distinguish among the various entities of the set. A foreign key is an attribute in a relation of database that serves as the primary key of another relation in the same database.
Primary Key is a Constraint Used to avoid Duplicate entries in database table and you define primary key the column doesn't allow NULL values.