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Surrogate primary key:
- A system assigned primary key in a relational
database such as a serial number or any other which is not derived from any data in the database is known as surrogate primary key. - It is deputy of the primary key and will act as a primary key in the database and does not have any other significance.
- To simplify the primary key structures in the database, surrogate primary keys are created, and this ensures unique identification process in a relation.
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