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  2. Unique key - Wikipedia

    en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Unique_key

    A key is not necessarily a unique identifier across the population of all possible instances of tuples that could be stored in a table but it does imply a data integrity rule that duplicates should not be allowed in the database table. Some possible examples of keys are Social Security Numbers, ISBNs, vehicle registration numbers or user login ...

  3. Hi/Lo algorithm - Wikipedia

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    Hi/Lo is an algorithm and a key generation strategy used for generating unique keys for use in a database as a primary key. It uses a sequence-based hi-lo pattern to generate values. Hi/Lo is used in scenarios where an application needs its entities to have an identity prior to persistence. It is a value generation strategy.

  4. Identity column - Wikipedia

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    It is often useful or necessary to know what identity value was generated by an INSERT command. Microsoft SQL Server provides several functions to do this: @@IDENTITY provides the last value generated on the current connection in the current scope, while IDENT_CURRENT(tablename) provides the last value generated, regardless of the connection or scope it was created on.

  5. Unique identifier - Wikipedia

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    A unique identifier (UID) is an identifier that is guaranteed to be unique among all identifiers used for those objects and for a specific purpose. [1] The concept was formalized early in the development of computer science and information systems. In general, it was associated with an atomic data type.

  6. Surrogate key - Wikipedia

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    A surrogate key (or synthetic key, pseudokey, entity identifier, factless key, or technical key [citation needed]) in a database is a unique identifier for either an entity in the modeled world or an object in the database. The surrogate key is not derived from application data, unlike a natural (or business) key. [1]

  7. Universally unique identifier - Wikipedia

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    A Universally Unique Identifier (UUID) is a 128-bit label used to uniquely identify objects in computer systems. The term Globally Unique Identifier (GUID) is also used, mostly in Microsoft systems. [1] [2] When generated according to the standard methods, UUIDs are, for practical purposes, unique.

  8. Varchar - Wikipedia

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    Varchar fields can be of any size up to a limit, which varies by databases: an Oracle 11g database has a limit of 4000 bytes, [1] a MySQL 5.7 database has a limit of 65,535 bytes (for the entire row) [2] and Microsoft SQL Server 2008 has a limit of 8000 bytes (unless varchar(max) is used, which has a maximum storage capacity of 2 gigabytes).

  9. Second normal form - Wikipedia

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    There is a multi-attribute unique identifier/candidate key: "Manufacturer" and "Model". {Manufacturer country} is functionally dependent (predictable) on {Manufacturer}. {Manufacturer} is a proper subset of the {Manufacturer, Model} candidate key. {Manufacturer country} is not part of a candidate key, so it is a non-prime attribute.