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Primary Key and Foreign Key
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Primary Key and Foreign Key

EasySQL · PostgreSQL

Problem

What is a Primary Key and what is a Foreign Key?

Asked in the Skill interview stage. Use the provided schema to identify the column serving as the primary key and the column serving as a foreign key.

Output

  1. Return one row per employee.
  2. Include employee_id as primary_key_value, manager_id as foreign_key_value, and employee_name.
  3. Order by employee_id ascending.

Schema

antra_employees
ColumnTypeDescription
employee_idPKINTUnique identifier for an employee
employee_nameVARCHAR(100)Employee's name
manager_idINTOptional employee_id of the employee's manager
Tablesantra_employees
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