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  2. Cardinality (SQL statements) - Wikipedia

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    High-cardinality refers to columns with values that are very uncommon or unique. High-cardinality column values are typically identification numbers, email addresses, or user names. An example of a data table column with high-cardinality would be a USERS table with a column named USER_ID. This column would contain unique values of 1-n. Each ...

  3. Hierarchical and recursive queries in SQL - Wikipedia

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    A common table expression, or CTE, (in SQL) is a temporary named result set, derived from a simple query and defined within the execution scope of a SELECT, INSERT, UPDATE, or DELETE statement. CTEs can be thought of as alternatives to derived tables ( subquery ), views , and inline user-defined functions.

  4. SQL syntax - Wikipedia

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    Each column in an SQL table declares the type(s) that column may contain. ANSI SQL includes the following data types. [14] Character strings and national character strings. CHARACTER(n) (or CHAR(n)): fixed-width n-character string, padded with spaces as needed; CHARACTER VARYING(n) (or VARCHAR(n)): variable-width string with a maximum size of n ...

  5. Many-to-many (data model) - Wikipedia

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    For example, think of A as Authors, and B as Books. An Author can write several Books, and a Book can be written by several Authors. In a relational database management system, such relationships are usually implemented by means of an associative table (also known as join table, junction table or cross-reference table), say, AB with two one-to-many relationships A → AB and B → AB.

  6. Table (database) - Wikipedia

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    In a database, a table is a collection of related data organized in table format; consisting of columns and rows. In relational databases , and flat file databases , a table is a set of data elements (values) using a model of vertical columns (identifiable by name) and horizontal rows , the cell being the unit where a row and column intersect ...

  7. Unique key - Wikipedia

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    In SQL, the unique keys have a UNIQUE constraint assigned to them in order to prevent duplicates (a duplicate entry is not valid in a unique column). Alternate keys may be used like the primary key when doing a single-table select or when filtering in a where clause, but are not typically used to join multiple tables.

  8. Cardinality (data modeling) - Wikipedia

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    A one-to-many relationship between records in patient and records in appointment because patients can have many appointments and each appointment involves only one patient. [1] A one-to-one relationship is mostly used to split a table in two in order to provide information concisely and make it more understandable. In the hospital example, such ...

  9. Fourth normal form - Wikipedia

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    If the column headings in a relational database table are divided into three disjoint groupings X, Y, and Z, then, in the context of a particular row, we can refer to the data beneath each group of headings as x, y, and z respectively.