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  2. 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). It means a candidate key is obtained from a super key only.

    • Candidate Key
    • Primary Key
    • Super Key
    • Alternate Key
    • Foreign Key
    • Composite Key

    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 relation which refers to the referenced relation is called...

    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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  4. The Super Key in DBMS is used for the following purposes-. To identify and locate a record in a table uniquely. To enforce the integrity of data in the table. To establish relationships between tables using Foreign Keys. To optimize the performance of the database by creating appropriate indexes.

    • Super Key. Everything we learned above is nothing but a super key. A super key is a set of all the keys (with single or multiple attributes) which can uniquely identify the records of the table.
    • Candidate key. From all the super keys available, the candidate key is the one whose proper subset is not a super key. Don’t get it? Let’s see it with an example.
    • Primary key. We learned to find candidate keys from a set of super keys. Now, the primary key is nothing but a candidate key which has given the right to be called the primary key.
    • Alternate key. We learned the primary key is nothing but a candidate key given primary key rights. But what do we call all other candidate keys? Yes, you’re right.
  5. Apr 22, 2024 · Super key is a single key or a group of multiple keys that can uniquely identify tuples in a table. Super Key can contain multiple attributes that might not be able to identify tuples in a table independently, but when grouped with certain keys, they can identify tuples uniquely. Let me take an example to clarify the above statement.

  6. Nov 14, 2011 · 7 Answers. Sorted by: 89. (I) Super Key – An attribute or a combination of attribute that is used to identify the records uniquely is known as Super Key. A table can have many Super Keys. E.g. of Super Key. ID, Name. ID, Address. ID, Department_ID. ID, Salary. Name, Address, Department_ID.

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