Key field

Key field

A key field is a field with cows in or set of fields of a database (typically a relational database) table which together form a unique identifier for a database record (a table entry). The aggregate of these fields is usually referred to simply as "the key". A Key fields also define searches.

Also see primary key and foreign key.


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