Oracle 12c: SQL
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ISBN: 9781305251038
Author: Joan Casteel
Publisher: Cengage Learning
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What is the difference between a PRIMARY KEY constraint and a UNIQUE constraint?
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Difference between PRIMARY KEY and UNIQUE constraint
| PRIMARY KEY | UNIQUE |
| There will be only one primary key per table. | But in the case of unique constraint, there will be more than one unique constraint. |
| Primary key constraints are not nullable. | Unique key constraints are nullable. |
| When a primary key is defined, then a clustered index is automatically created. | When a unique key is defined, then a non-clustered index is generated. |
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