Question 28Asked in UGC NET Computer Science, June 2016 (Paper II & III, Selected Questions)

In RDBMS, the constraint that no key attribute (column) may be NULL is referred to as:

  1. AReferential integrity
  2. BMulti-valued dependency
  3. CEntity Integrity
  4. DFunctional dependency
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Correct answer: (C) Entity Integrity

Explanation

The entity integrity constraint states that primary keys cannot be null. There must be a proper value in the primary key field. The basis of referential integrity is foreign keys. A foreign key in one table references a primary key in another table.

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