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Surrogate keys let software developers identify records uniquely in cases where it is impossible to use natural keys. However, what exactly is a surrogate key in SQL? What advantages and disadvantages does it bring? And, finally, how should you apply it? This article is going to explore all these questions.

In this article, we are going to talk about the MySQL SUBSTRING() function with its variations. Here, you will find a detailed guide with the basic syntax and examples of how to use this function. Moreover, we will demonstrate the benefits of MySQL coding in a handy IDE - dbForge Studio for MySQL that can help you save a lot of time and energy.

The article will overview the TRUNCATE TABLE statement in SQL on particular examples and describe the differences between the TRUNCATE, DELETE, and DROP statements. When...

When working with SQL databases for quite a long period of time, you might come across a situation when you need to give your...

This tutorial explain how to build the Credit Card Analytics using Power BI and Devart ODBC Driver for Oracle.

Testing is an integral element of the development process for every application. There are many types of tests such as unit tests, integration tests,...

In MySQL, the ORDER BY clause is used to sort the records fetched by the SELECT statement, in ascending or descending order. And while...

Formatting makes SQL code accurate, readable, understandable, and standardized for teams and individuals. SQL formatter is a tool that beautifies code automatically. Formatting tools...

Want to make git 'commit' automatically run every time a database schema is updated? Read more to find out how you can do this...

Foreign keys help normalize data in databases and reduce redundancy.  In fact, it is the FOREIGN KEY mechanism that provides the relationality of relational...