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Primary Key
A column or a set of columns that uniquely identifies each row in the table. A primary key must contain unique values. If the primary key consists of multiple columns, the combination of values in these columns must be unique.
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Interesting facts
In the nodular writing of the Incas - kippu in the I-II millennium AD. were used including analogues of primary keys.
