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12 · Databases & SQL

Primary Key

A row's unique ID

InterCoders

The unique identifier for each row — its fingerprint — so it can be referred to without ambiguity.

Concrete example

Every user has an “id” primary key; other tables point at it.

Nearby in Databases & SQL

NoSQLNon-table databasesORMObject-Relational MapperQueryA request to a databaseRow / RecordOne entry in a table
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