Oracle 12c: SQL
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ISBN: 9781305251038
Author: Joan Casteel
Publisher: Cengage Learning
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Explain the role of a primary key.
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Oracle 12c: SQL
Ch. 1 - Prob. 1RQCh. 1 - Prob. 2RQCh. 1 - Prob. 3RQCh. 1 - Prob. 4RQCh. 1 - Discuss the problems that can be caused by data...Ch. 1 - Explain the role of a primary key.Ch. 1 - Prob. 7RQCh. 1 - Prob. 8RQCh. 1 - What type of relationship can’t be stored in a...Ch. 1 - Identify at least three reasons an organization...
Ch. 1 - Prob. 1MCCh. 1 - Prob. 2MCCh. 1 - Prob. 3MCCh. 1 - Prob. 4MCCh. 1 - Prob. 5MCCh. 1 - Prob. 6MCCh. 1 - Prob. 7MCCh. 1 - Which of the following has no partial or...Ch. 1 - Prob. 9MCCh. 1 - Which of the following has no partial dependencies...Ch. 1 - Which of the following has no repeating groups but...Ch. 1 - Prob. 12MCCh. 1 - Prob. 13MCCh. 1 - A unique identifier for a data row that consists...Ch. 1 - Which of the following symbols represents an...Ch. 1 - Prob. 16MCCh. 1 - Which of the following represents a field in a...Ch. 1 - Which of the following defines a relationship in...Ch. 1 - When part of the data in a table depends on a...Ch. 1 - Which of the following is used to join data...Ch. 1 - Which tables and fields would you access to...Ch. 1 - Prob. 2HOACh. 1 - Prob. 3HOACh. 1 - Prob. 4HOACh. 1 - Access path A database table is composed of...Ch. 1 - Prob. 6HOACh. 1 - Prob. 7HOACh. 1 - Prob. 8HOACh. 1 - Prob. 9HOACh. 1 - Prob. 10HOA
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- Alternate keys: Identify at least five keys (not already listed as PK or FK) needed by end users. These indexes would be considered Alternate or Secondary keys and are mostly used for queries and quick reporting. They may contain multiple columns.arrow_forwardA prospective key is a component of a composite primary key.arrow_forwardExplain the difference between a primary key and a candidate key.arrow_forward
- 4 tables for the database: PATRON, BOOK_COPY, BOOK, and CHECKOUT. (Since a book may have multiple copies that may be purchased by the library at different time, it is better to have a BOOK_COPY table to avoid unnecessary data redundancy.) The data in the tables are as follows: PATRON table records a patron’s ID, name, address, phone number, and email address. BOOK table contains information such as author, title, publication date, subject, language, and a unique identifier (It can be the ISBN of the book) for each book. BOOK_COPY table records a unique identifier for each copy of a book, the date of purchase, and the identifier of the book from the BOOK table. CHECKOUT table records the date of check-out, patron’s ID, the identifier of the book copy from the BOOK_COPY table, and the due date.arrow_forwardHow is a foreign key different from a primary key?arrow_forwardExplain the difference between Primary Key and Foreign Key , give examplearrow_forward
- Candidate Key is a key that may have many duplicates may be absent may be a foreign key contain only unique values and fully defines all other attributes in a rowarrow_forwardPrimary keys and candidate keys may both be assigned to the same attribute.arrow_forwardDefining the following keys is necessary. a) Principal keyarrow_forward
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