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What is the main purpose of a primary key?

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Relational databases

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What is the main purpose of a primary key?.

  1. A.To identify each record uniquely within a table
  2. B.To ensure that every record has the same value
  3. C.To store several tables inside one attribute
  4. D.To prevent a table from containing any attributes

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  • To identify each record uniquely within a table

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A primary key provides a unique identifier for each record in its table.

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