Database Systems: Design, Implementation, & Management
Database Systems: Design, Implementation, & Management
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Author: Steven, Steven Morris, Carlos Coronel, Carlos, Coronel, Carlos; Morris, Carlos Coronel and Steven Morris, Carlos Coronel; Steven Morris, Steven Morris; Carlos Coronel
Publisher: Cengage Learning
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Chapter 5, Problem 12RQ
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Composite primary key:

  • In the table more than one column is used to specify the primary key is called as composite primary key or composite key.
  • In this case, all foreign keys should also require including all the columns.
  • Composite primary key contains different datatypes.

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