数据库系统概念第八章.pptVIP

Keys SSDUT-Software School of DUT Preliminary Definitions Tabular representation of r(R): the current values of a relation r(R) (i.e. relation instance of the relation r ) are specified by a table an element t in set r is a tuple, represented by a row in a table tuple variable t, t[Ai] = the value of t on the attribute Ai , or t[{ Ai }] = the value set of t on the attribute set { Ai } e.g. t2[customer-name]= ‘Smith’ SSDUT-Software School of DUT Preliminary Definitions Exercise: what is t, t[Ai], and t[{Ai}] respectively? SSDUT-Software School of DUT Superkey A superkey (超码) is a set