What is a super key? How is it different from a candidate key ms-access?
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Multiple attributes in a Super Key may not be able to independently identify tuples in a table, but when combined with particular keys, they can uniquely identify tuples.
Super keys can have redundant properties that aren't necessary for tuple identification.
A candidate
keyis a single or a collection of keys that uniquely identify rows in a database.
A Candidate key is a subset of Super keys that is devoid of all non-essential properties for uniquely identifying tuples.
Super keys are a subset of Candidate keys. They only have the attributes that are required to identify tuples uniquely.
Super keys are used for all Candidate keys. However, the opposite is not true.
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