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Relational Database Design and Implementation, 4th Edition
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Relational Database Design and Implementation, 4th Edition

by Jan L. Harrington
April 2016
Intermediate to advanced
712 pages
18h 34m
English
Morgan Kaufmann
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Chapter 11

Using SQL to Implement a Relational Design

Abstract

This chapter covers the elements of the SQL database manipulation language that create, modify, and delete database structural elements: schemas, domains, and tables. There is emphasis on data integrity using column constraints (domain checking, NOT NULL, primary keys, and so on). The chapter also discusses data integrity constraints between tables (referential integrity for foreign keys).

Keywords

SQL
CREATE TABLE
creating relations
CREATE SCHEMA
database constraints
primary keys
foreign keys
referential integrity
entity integrity
modifying relations
database default values
As a complete data manipulation language, SQL contains statements that allow you to insert, modify, delete, and ...
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