Identity column
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identity-column-181-5492711
title:
Identity column
text:
An identity column is a column in a database table that is made up of values generated by the database. This is much like an AutoNumber field in Microsoft Access or a sequence in Oracle. Because the concept is so important in database science, many RDBMS systems implement some type of generated key, although each has its own terminology. Today a popular technique for generating identity is to generate a random UUID. An identity column differs from a primary key in that its values are managed by
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wiki
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encyclopedia
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Field in databases
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Identity_column
date created:
2006-12-15T01:11:27Z
date modified:
2024-09-06T07:21:27Z
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