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  3. Jul 12, 2022 · Super Key: Super Key is an attribute (or set of attributes) that is used to uniquely identifies all attributes in a relation. All super keys can’t be candidate keys but its reverse is true. In a relation, number of super keys are more than number of candidate keys.

  4. Super Key: A superkey is any set of attributes for which the values are guaranteed to be unique for all possible set of tuples in a table at all time. Candidate Key: A candidate key is a 'minimal' super key meaning the smallest subset of superkey attribute which is unique.

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    The minimal set of attributes that can uniquely identify a tuple is known as a candidate key. For Example, STUD_NO in STUDENT relation. 1. It is a minimal super key. 2. It is a super key with no repeated data is called a candidate key. 3. The minimal set of attributes that can uniquely identify a record. 4. It must contain unique values. 5. It can ...

    There can be more than one candidate key in relation out of which one can be chosen as the primary key. For Example, STUD_NO, as well as STUD_PHONE, are candidate keys for relation STUDENT but STUD_NO can be chosen as the primary key(only one out of many candidate keys). 1. It is a unique key. 2. It can identify only one tuple (a record) at a time....

    The set of attributes that can uniquely identify a tuple is known as Super Key. For Example, STUD_NO, (STUD_NO, STUD_NAME), etc. A super key is a group of single or multiple keys that identifies rows in a table. It supports NULL values. 1. Adding zero or more attributes to the candidate key generates the super key. 2. A candidate key is a super key...

    The candidate key other than the primary key is called an alternate key. 1. All the keys which are not primary keys are called alternate keys. 2. It is a secondary key. 3. It contains two or more fields to identify two or more records. 4. These values are repeated. 5. Eg:- SNAME, and ADDRESS is Alternate keys Example:

    If an attribute can only take the values which are present as values of some other attribute, it will be a foreign key to the attribute to which it refers. The relation which is being referenced is called referenced relation and the corresponding attribute is called referenced attribute. The referenced attribute of the referenced relation should be...

    Sometimes, a table might not have a single column/attribute that uniquely identifies all the records of a table. To uniquely identify rows of a table, a combination of two or more columns/attributes can be used. It still can give duplicate values in rare cases. So, we need to find the optimal set of attributes that can uniquely identify rows in a t...

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  5. Dec 11, 2018 · Definition of Super Key in DBMS: A super key is a set of one or more attributes (columns), which can uniquely identify a row in a table. Often DBMS beginners get confused between super key and candidate key, so we will also discuss candidate key and its relation with super key in this article.

  6. Super Key in DBMS. We can define a super key as a set of those keys that identify a row or a tuple uniquely. The word super denotes the superiority of a key. Thus, a super key is the superset of a key known as a Candidate key (discussed in the next section).

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    In the relational data model a superkey is any set of attributes that uniquely identifies each tuple of a relation. [1] [2] Because superkey values are unique, tuples with the same superkey value must also have the same non-key attribute values.

  8. Mar 26, 2024 · Super keys are collections of one or more properties (columns) in database management systems that allow a tuple (row) in a relation (table) to be distinctly identified. Unlike candidate or primary keys, super keys have a wider definition.

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