What is a candidate key?
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A candidate key is a set of one or more attributes (columns) in a database table that can uniquely identify each record (row) in that table. Candidate keys must meet the following criteria:
Uniqueness: No two records can have the same values for the candidate key attributes.
Minimality: No subset of the candidate key can uniquely identify records; all attributes in the candidate key are necessary.