English Explanatory Dictionary

candidate key

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. In the design of a database table, a column (or an irreducible group of them) able to identify every row of the table, having a unique value or set of values in each row. One of the candidate keys (abbreviated CKs) will be the primary key.

Word forms

candidate key candidate keys

Related words

business key foreign key natural key primary key first normal form
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