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Databases Querying Relational Databases Database Keys Unique Keys

Ololo Olololo
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Ololo Olololo
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Posted by Ololo Olololo
Ololo Olololo
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Did the lecturer forget to add that Unique key can be set on a combination of columns: email AND credit_card_number?

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Steven Parker
Steven Parker
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Steven Parker
Steven Parker
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:point_right: Unique keys can be set on multiple columns.

You can have more than one unique key column in a table, and a unique key can be composed of more than one column.

As an example of the latter, imagine you had a table of items of different types and each type had serial numbers. The numbers are only unique for a certain type. So neither the type nor the serial number could be used as unique keys in themselves, but a key composed of both a type and serial number would be guaranteed unique.

Hmm, it looks like your question changed after I answered. So if you're just asking why the concept was not introduced in the video, perhaps it will be presented later or in a more advanced course.