what is the difference between primary key & foreign key?
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Answer / mohammadazam
A primary key is an 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.
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Answer / khan
i dont know
i just read above
and all answer seems to b same and correct
i am confused
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Answer / dimna
primay key uniquely identifies records in relation.
in a table only one primary key.But may have more than one
foreign key.
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Answer / ibrahim
primay key uniquely identifies records in relation.
in a table only one primary key.But may have more than one
foreign key.
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Answer / navane
Primary key is a keyword.
It should not have null value and duplicate value.
We can have only one primary key in a table and the value
should be unique.
Foreign key is a keyword.
It can have null value and duplicate value.
We can have more than one foreign key for a table and this
froeign key table references the primary key table.
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Answer / ilakarthi
primary key is available in foreign key but not available in the foreign key for a primary key
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Answer / vaziuddin shaik
PRIMARY KEY
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Primary key is a column in a table which is having unique
values......and it does not contain null values and
duplicate values...........
FOREIGN KEY
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Foreign key is a column in a table which act as reference to
another table.....and it may contain null and duplicate
values.....(or)it may not contain null and duplicate
values...........
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Answer / sairam
primary key is an individual key
foreign key depends in primary key
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Answer / himabindu
primary key is unique.it does not allow null&duplicate
values.it is individual.
foreign key always refers primary key.it is
independent
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Answer / rathika
only one primary key on the table.
more than one foreign key on a table
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