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Foreign key field
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What do you understand by table relationship in database design?
A table relationship is where a field in one table is matched with the same field in another table. For example you may have a table that lists your suppliers so 'Supplier Name' is one of the fields, you may then have another table that lists orders made so "Supplier Name" will be a field in that table also. Therefore you can link the two tables together so that all specific supplier address details are linked to subsequent orders with that supplier. For a relationship to work both linking fields must be of the same data type, therefore you can't link a field that is stated as text with one that is stated as a date. Relationships are commonly known as one-to-one and one-to-many, in a one-to-one relationship the field's contents can only appear once on each side so using the example above one supplier in the suppliers table can only have one order record in the orders table. "One to many" therefore means that one supplier can appear on many orders. Hope this helps.
Is a foreign key field always on the one side of a one-to-many relationship between two tables?
No. The foreign key is always on the many side. A foreign key is a field that is a primary key in another table, not in the table it is in. It can therefore be repeated in the table it is, so it can act as the many side. In its own table, it is the primary key, and only appears once.
In access how many characters can be in table and field?
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How are the different relations in a relational database tied together?
There must be at least one common field in the tables that are related. In simple terms you find a value in that field in one table and then find the corresponding value for that field in another. At least one of them will be unique, like in a one to many relationship. One the one table, that value can appear only once in the table. On the many table it can appear more than once. In a one to one relationship, each can only appear once in each table in the relationship. In a many to many relationship, an intermediate table is set up and two other tables are joined to it.
What are columns in a table called?
Attributes are also known as fields or columns in many database systems. An entity is a person, place, object, event, or idea for which you want to store and process data.
What is a rice field called?
a rice field is called a patty field
How many Types of Link file in Linux?
two types hard linking and soft linking
How many syllables does linking have?
2
What is mean by type constraint in DBMS?
A foreign key is a type of constraint. In this example the value in a field must be the same as some value in a defined field in another table. Example in a Customer Table you might have a Column (field) named StatusID You would define a foreign key to the table Status, field StatusID. The value in the Customer table, StatusID column must be an entry existing in the Status Table, StatusID column. There are many constraints. The fact that a column can not be NULL (Left blank) is a constraint. Defining what KIND of data, or range of data that can be entered in a column is a constraint.
How many columns are on the periodic table and what are they called?
There are 18 columns on the periodic table.They are called groups or families.
Why is a field with an autonumber data type not a good candidate for the foreign key field for a one to many relationship?
The foreign key has to match the information from the corresponding record in the other table.
How many sports have one team member in?
Singles Badminton, Singles Tennis, singles table tennis, track and field
