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Collmarie

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Distinguish between the primary key and a candidate key.
 
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Database designs are created during the component design step.
 
  Indicate whether the statement is true or false



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Both the primary key and a candidate key can uniquely identify the rows in a table. The primary key is the candidate key that is chosen by the database designer, working with the users, to uniquely identify rows and to represent relationships. Although any candidate key could, by definition, be selected to act as the primary key, the choice of primary key is often based on design decisions such as the amount of foreign key data that would be generated.

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