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Old 11-23-11, 12:53
jjones1234 jjones1234 is offline
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Prime attributes and anti-key

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In a database schema, is it possible for an attribute to be prime if it belongs to an antikey?

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Old 11-23-11, 23:52
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What do you mean by prime and antikey? Could you explain this in more detail?
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Old 11-25-11, 11:22
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What do you mean by prime and antikey? Could you explain this in more detail?
prime attribute is an attribute of a candidate key.
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