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What is a KEY ?

Published May 24, 2013

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What is a KEY ?

A KEY is a value used to uniquely identify a record in a table. A KEY could be a single column or combination of multiple columns.
key is a single or combination of multiple fields in a table. Its is used to fetch or retrieve records/data-rows from data table according to the condition/requirement. Keys are also used to create relationship among different database tables or views.

Note: Columns in a table that are NOT used to uniquely identify a record are called non-key columns.

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