Define candidate key, alternate key, composite key?

Answer Posted / pratik bachchuwar

candidate key: it is the no of uniquely identified column
(or attribute) in a table.


alternate key: it is simply defined as the (no of candidate
key) - (no of primary key in a table).




composite key: it is the group of primary or uniquely
identified key which again unique in other table.

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