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Sunday, 27 October 2024

Natural Keys vs. Surrogate Keys

Natural Keys vs. Surrogate Keys

Natural Keys are attributes that naturally identify a record. They are often derived from real-world entities and can be complex, such as a combination of fields like FirstName, LastName, and DateOfBirth.

Surrogate Keys are artificial keys, typically simple integers, assigned to uniquely identify records. They are created during the data loading process.