Database Keys Made Easy - Primary, Foreign, Candidate, Surrogate, & Many More

An easy-to-follow tutorial covering the whole gamut of RDBMS keys: primary keys, candidate keys, superkeys, alternate keys, foreign keys, surrogate keys, natural keys, simple keys, composite keys, compound keys, and intelligent keys. Featuring lots of examples and a focus on the design process.
0:00 Introduction
0:53 Primary Keys
3:29 Candidate Keys
6:09 Superkeys
7:57 Alternate Keys
8:49 Foreign Keys
10:39 Surrogate vs. Natural Keys
16:55 Composite vs. Simple Keys
18:02 Compound Keys
19:01 Intelligent Keys

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  • @decomplexify
    @decomplexify2 жыл бұрын

    CONTENTS 0:00 Introduction 0:53 Primary Keys 3:29 Candidate Keys 6:09 Superkeys 7:57 Alternate Keys 8:49 Foreign Keys 10:39 Surrogate vs. Natural Keys 16:55 Composite vs. Simple Keys 18:02 Compound Keys 19:01 Intelligent Keys

  • @bharadwajsangaraju1326

    @bharadwajsangaraju1326

    Жыл бұрын

    Come on man!! Please do more videos. 😢

  • @Damnedindenial
    @Damnedindenial8 ай бұрын

    please add Ads to incentivize yourself to do this more the world needs this.

  • @craigwebber2270
    @craigwebber2270 Жыл бұрын

    As a CS student, these videos are far superior to my uni learning material. well done

  • @joshualee7002

    @joshualee7002

    Жыл бұрын

    Same, what is it about universities and refusing to actually explain things in a relatable way? 😅

  • @namhlakhoza319

    @namhlakhoza319

    Жыл бұрын

    ​@@joshualee7002 question of the century

  • @KrigRaseri

    @KrigRaseri

    8 ай бұрын

    @@joshualee7002 Idk if it's the same everywhere, but in the US they already have your money what do they care if you don't understand the classes?

  • @KrigRaseri

    @KrigRaseri

    8 ай бұрын

    Common University L

  • @paulywalnutz5855

    @paulywalnutz5855

    3 ай бұрын

    They really are

  • @Tezla0
    @Tezla02 жыл бұрын

    Why does this channel have so few subscribers? Your videos are very good

  • @GibsonCRG

    @GibsonCRG

    Жыл бұрын

    100% agree. The content, pace, diagrams and examples are extremely well thought out and presented. Adding one subscriber now!

  • @rudiklein

    @rudiklein

    Жыл бұрын

    I just increased the subscriber count.

  • @ianl1052

    @ianl1052

    10 ай бұрын

    ​@@rudiklein Me too!

  • @Ikilledthebanks

    @Ikilledthebanks

    7 ай бұрын

    Because its not Indian English

  • @rudiklein
    @rudiklein Жыл бұрын

    I have been modeling databases for years, to help me generate reports. I'm an on-the-job trained database builder. For the first time the concepts of all the key types are now clear to me. Thanks.

  • @decomplexify

    @decomplexify

    Жыл бұрын

    Really glad I could help.

  • @albinkafexhiu9259
    @albinkafexhiu92594 ай бұрын

    Even if my 10 year old brother watches these, he will understand the keys for sure. Please keep going and post more videos about database.

  • @SathyaPrakashMoparthi
    @SathyaPrakashMoparthi Жыл бұрын

    This is easily going to be my recommendation to my friends and peers who need a recap incase of interviews. So well put together. Most people don't bother going into it with examples and caveats the way you did :)

  • @c5-36adhirajjadhav8
    @c5-36adhirajjadhav8 Жыл бұрын

    Damn! I was so tensed about these concepts. YOU EXPLAINED IT REALLY WELL ! I just can't express my thanks to you in words !

  • @roman_mf
    @roman_mf Жыл бұрын

    This is fantastic content! Would be great to see your take on a process of designing a database from start to end.

  • @wehbe8476
    @wehbe84763 ай бұрын

    I thank the algorithm gods for putting you in my feed

  • @lazerhawk2192

    @lazerhawk2192

    3 ай бұрын

    Same bro

  • @bungus6830
    @bungus6830 Жыл бұрын

    All of your videos have been super helpful for me. You explain stuff really well and I've had a hard time finding good resources. Would you ever consider making a video on entity relationship diagrams and crow foot notation?

  • @sarfarazchowdhury1284

    @sarfarazchowdhury1284

    10 ай бұрын

    we need this

  • @AdityaLakshmipathy.
    @AdityaLakshmipathy.3 ай бұрын

    Hi there, loved all you videos..Thank you .. Looking forward to more such videos.

  • @mikefochtman7164
    @mikefochtman7164 Жыл бұрын

    I've worked with computing for 40+ years, much of it with relational data in one form or another. And yet, I've learned some new things from your videos. Thank you for some great content presented in a clear and useful way.

  • @MethodOverRide
    @MethodOverRide10 ай бұрын

    Fantastic video! Everything I've watched so far from your channel has been excellent.

  • @thatguyadarsh
    @thatguyadarsh4 ай бұрын

    I watched the normal form clarification video by you and now I am here and havent yet finished it... but I am compelled to give you my gratitude for making all things DB so simple. Thank you for that!!! 🙏🙂

  • @The_Iron_Yuppie
    @The_Iron_Yuppie Жыл бұрын

    Really good breakdown. I really liked the illustrated tables to make the concepts clear.

  • @jeskaaable
    @jeskaaable Жыл бұрын

    A flawless video on this topic, inspiring and exemplary. Well done.

  • @ElOroDelTigre
    @ElOroDelTigre Жыл бұрын

    You have a very easy-to-follow style and a concise, interesting way of explaining. You truly decomplexify this stuff. Thanks.

  • @diptendumandal8354
    @diptendumandal8354 Жыл бұрын

    Smooth. Seems like you framed a new key for learners - A key to success! Great video! 💯👏

  • @fizzdevdesigns5699
    @fizzdevdesigns569910 ай бұрын

    Thank you very much for this content! Very very clear and well explained. Fantastic introduction to these concepts!

  • @Nura853
    @Nura8537 ай бұрын

    Clear and precise explanation! Thank you!

  • @webb-developer
    @webb-developer3 ай бұрын

    purely amazing. for sure I'm gonna rewatch this .

  • @subodhsharma905
    @subodhsharma90511 ай бұрын

    easy to follow , very well illustrated and crisp, with real world examples and applications and with associated pros and cons too.. comfortably demistifying👍🏻👍🏻 .

  • @jacobdegeling
    @jacobdegeling10 ай бұрын

    A video on relationship types would be good 👍🏼 you have a great way of making a complex things seem easy. Thanks!

  • @balajir6670
    @balajir6670 Жыл бұрын

    Perfectly explained. Thank you

  • @lukavelinov7419
    @lukavelinov7419 Жыл бұрын

    Thanks so much for this video! I just started my first BI job after studying in a different field. Your videos have been super useful. :)

  • @julianapereira5355
    @julianapereira5355 Жыл бұрын

    I learn more with this way of teaching. Thanks. Greetings from Brazil

  • @dannycollins5698
    @dannycollins569811 ай бұрын

    Dang! These are wonderful and fantastic!

  • @expertcynos2123
    @expertcynos21232 жыл бұрын

    Another great video with great examples, thanks a lot

  • @JorgeEscobarMX
    @JorgeEscobarMX Жыл бұрын

    You are a good man. May god bless your soul. I hope this videos help a lot of people thats truggle to make good relational database designs.

  • @user-jb4hp3iz9w
    @user-jb4hp3iz9w7 ай бұрын

    Thank you so for this. Remain blessed.

  • @jessicanielsen9265
    @jessicanielsen92652 жыл бұрын

    This was really helpful! Explained it in an easy to understand manner, with great examples!

  • @decomplexify

    @decomplexify

    2 жыл бұрын

    Thanks! Yep, the idea was to make the explanations as easy and accessible as possible for people. Glad the video helped you.

  • @sarveshvazarkar6668
    @sarveshvazarkar6668 Жыл бұрын

    Amazing and intuitive explanation

  • @ken_nomz
    @ken_nomz2 ай бұрын

    Thank you so much for being able to explain these concepts in a succinct and clear manner. I wish you were my professor instead! Cheers

  • @user-ls8qr8iq3f
    @user-ls8qr8iq3f5 ай бұрын

    I like this video, calm and informative… please more like it

  • @samuelfeder9764
    @samuelfeder976410 ай бұрын

    Really great video!

  • @teacherrafael6705
    @teacherrafael6705 Жыл бұрын

    Amazing!!! very good!! thanks!

  • @HKM_0295
    @HKM_0295 Жыл бұрын

    Your way of explanation is getting a new subscriber..

  • @pizizhangsg1319
    @pizizhangsg1319 Жыл бұрын

    I have learnt something, thank you.

  • @arkansharif5135
    @arkansharif513511 ай бұрын

    thanks, you're awesome. May God bless you

  • @JadeGrey-uj3yo
    @JadeGrey-uj3yo Жыл бұрын

    God bless you...i needed this for exams

  • @Devi0urS0ul
    @Devi0urS0ul Жыл бұрын

    I like really the simple explanations :) Very well done, this stuff isnt easy. As suggestion for more topics: Design Patterns, and possibly anti patterns? Or if databases are more your thing (I've read some of your replies) Maybe some examples how to manage a lot of data? Various DB systems, or performance tricks and why those work? Or some 'under the hood' explanations as to *why* some things work like they do? Looking forward for more video's :)

  • @APlank
    @APlank10 ай бұрын

    Thanks. This is pretty good and interesting

  • @npc73x
    @npc73x2 жыл бұрын

    Thanks, it's very helpful to understand

  • @thorstenl.4928
    @thorstenl.4928 Жыл бұрын

    Thanks for this great bunch of well put together Information. For intelligent keys I have three rules I follow. - only use it, if there is a real (and known) value in the usage of the ID later - only use it, if you can‘t achieve this value on a better way (e.g. no suitable field in a given database available) - only use inherent and unalterable information in this id (as you mentioned e.g. date of birth.) If you have to use this method with a changable information, try to make it an unalterable property. E.g. if you put the information in a materialnumber if you buy it or manufacture it (m-123, b-739…), think of creating a new dataset when this changes (like a buy and a manufacture version) but keep in mind that you might have to maintain both datasets or think of setting an expired flag on the old one. As you can see this almost always opens a can of worms.

  • @user-lz7iw1eu5e
    @user-lz7iw1eu5e3 ай бұрын

    This is a great video, I could understand a lot of things that I was seeing and never asked before because I thought they were that way at random. I would like to see more videos on DAX as I find it challenging but I have the conspiracy theory that giving trainings on DAX can infringe copyright somehow. .The complex thing about DAX is how DAX behaves depending on the context of where it's used within Power BI and it's differences from regular Excel Power Pivot DAX models

  • @dariosanchez5720
    @dariosanchez5720 Жыл бұрын

    Thank you! Much appreciated!

  • @prabhakarmishra2182
    @prabhakarmishra21822 ай бұрын

    Very well explained

  • @Daniel.Urrutia
    @Daniel.Urrutia9 ай бұрын

    OMG! I finally found a great video explaining this. There are so many videos that they are far less effective.

  • @ricardorien
    @ricardorien Жыл бұрын

    Awesome job!

  • @che5738
    @che5738 Жыл бұрын

    thank you very much...superb stuff

  • @srspearman
    @srspearman Жыл бұрын

    I teach online classes on Cybersecurity and my students often get tripped up by these concepts. I have reviewed a lot of videos and this is by far the best one I have seen. Keep it up!

  • @oleksasirotinin1532
    @oleksasirotinin1532 Жыл бұрын

    Thank you very much!

  • @calebhill8475
    @calebhill8475 Жыл бұрын

    Brilliant! Well said!

  • @flutflo
    @flutflo Жыл бұрын

    Thank you for this very clear explanations. I like your videos! I would be interested to see a deep dive into (different kinds of) joins

  • @decomplexify

    @decomplexify

    Жыл бұрын

    Much appreciated! A video on joins is a good idea, I might create one of those at some point.

  • @ZillaYT
    @ZillaYT7 ай бұрын

    Clearly explaining!

  • @user-ye9uh4jt2p
    @user-ye9uh4jt2p Жыл бұрын

    can you create more content please? Your animation and way of explaining is superb!!!

  • @houcinelachguar1884
    @houcinelachguar18842 жыл бұрын

    Thanks , it's really helpful

  • @jonkemp9211
    @jonkemp9211 Жыл бұрын

    Very Good!

  • @saralightbourne
    @saralightbourne Жыл бұрын

    this is extremely useful, thank you so much. my database flashcard collection has been replenished

  • @YPartbee
    @YPartbee Жыл бұрын

    You are too good!!!😃👍

  • @karinahulka1486
    @karinahulka1486 Жыл бұрын

    FINALLY I understood, thanks)

  • @thedavistheory7674
    @thedavistheory7674 Жыл бұрын

    Keep uploading mate, we're all waiting for you :)

  • @decomplexify

    @decomplexify

    Жыл бұрын

    Working on it!

  • @frempongadarkwa2232
    @frempongadarkwa2232 Жыл бұрын

    I just subscribed without delay

  • @peiopascualhernando2236
    @peiopascualhernando22363 ай бұрын

    such a great video

  • @orafasistemas
    @orafasistemas Жыл бұрын

    Thank you!

  • @bobby_bouche
    @bobby_bouche Жыл бұрын

    very very good video. 👍

  • @mohamedazizlakhal9368
    @mohamedazizlakhal9368 Жыл бұрын

    Thanks a lot!

  • @globaltrotter7830
    @globaltrotter783011 ай бұрын

    Super awesome :)

  • @gabrielpamplonaseiffert3659
    @gabrielpamplonaseiffert36592 ай бұрын

    You are awesome!

  • @stevanmomcilovic4469
    @stevanmomcilovic4469 Жыл бұрын

    Suggestions - star schema, snow flake schema, conformed dimensions. Great videos!

  • @dannycollins5698
    @dannycollins569811 ай бұрын

    Thanks!

  • @mattclayton2889
    @mattclayton2889 Жыл бұрын

    Comment for algorithm - great content

  • @user-xm6wi6rf3w
    @user-xm6wi6rf3w Жыл бұрын

    Excellent video,waiting for the latest update

  • @almerdavidsolis7287
    @almerdavidsolis7287 Жыл бұрын

    Amaaazzziinng!

  • @MANIKLATROBE
    @MANIKLATROBE4 ай бұрын

    Thank you

  • @musicalsYS
    @musicalsYS Жыл бұрын

    Upload more videos please, these are well-explicated even for a non CS background student to comprehend

  • @Messi-iy6lz
    @Messi-iy6lz Жыл бұрын

    Thank you very much for explaining it in such beautiful way, waiting for your next videos and also can you please make a video on difference between model and schema, I've gone through many websites but unable to grasp the difference.i strongly believe u can decomplexify. Once again thanks for providing amazing content.

  • @isaiahbundi7207
    @isaiahbundi72072 жыл бұрын

    Have discovered you today in watching ur tutorials while previously i was struggling from others as i thought to myself that my understanding is so poor nearly i lost interest but now am happy have meet you

  • @decomplexify

    @decomplexify

    2 жыл бұрын

    That is great to hear - I'm pleased that these tutorials have helped you so much.

  • @user-yj9rv7us4x
    @user-yj9rv7us4x9 ай бұрын

    well explained

  • @Lljjii
    @Lljjii Жыл бұрын

    Dude your videos are great, make more? :)

  • @beeboo5433
    @beeboo543310 ай бұрын

    man they should just play your videos in my dbms uni course ahah

  • @illyamt6063
    @illyamt6063 Жыл бұрын

    I hope that you will have more videos in the future.

  • @2NormalHuman
    @2NormalHuman2 жыл бұрын

    amazing breakdown, good examples as well, thanks for putting your time into this. Just curious are you a backend developer? what did get you interested in the database design

  • @decomplexify

    @decomplexify

    2 жыл бұрын

    Thanks! Actually my background is in business / systems analysis, translating user requirements into solutions. Just purely by chance, I got assigned to a lot of "data" projects and ended up specializing, without ever really intending to, in data modelling and in writing extract/transform/load (ETL) functional specs - especially in the context of data warehouses. There's a side of me that's very logical and precise and also very focused on communicating meanings clearly, all of which maybe accounts for why I find database design to be an interesting pursuit (& also why I like the challenge of finding ways to explain the concepts to others!)

  • @boyxrichard
    @boyxrichard Жыл бұрын

    a hero to all cs students

  • @WuddupDok
    @WuddupDok10 ай бұрын

    So good!\

  • @elenagavrilova3109
    @elenagavrilova31094 ай бұрын

    More videos pleaaase!!!!

  • @mehranbarahouei2346
    @mehranbarahouei23465 ай бұрын

    very usefull

  • @IwoGda
    @IwoGda Жыл бұрын

    Your last Intelligent Key example is basically national identity number in Poland called PESEL :)

  • @yash1152
    @yash11525 ай бұрын

    14:04 hmm niice example (of caution with surrogate keys)

  • @jacobrawlings9893
    @jacobrawlings9893 Жыл бұрын

    This man is single handedly saving my exam mark lol

  • @jmegawarne
    @jmegawarne11 ай бұрын

    Good primary keys are FUSSI: Familiar Unique Stable Simple Irreducible

  • @japneetsinghdadialabrutal7473
    @japneetsinghdadialabrutal74733 ай бұрын

    can you make a video on different authorization in a database, on the basis of the work the user does. This confuses me when using an orm for my project. New to this and trying to understand more. Great video 👍.

  • @frempongadarkwa2232
    @frempongadarkwa2232 Жыл бұрын

    Wow !

  • @YuriBez2023
    @YuriBez20235 ай бұрын

    @22:54 - it's probably fair to say that intelligent keys are those most likely to get printed on documents or displayed in emails. They are much easier to read out or reference by humans when making phone calls and so on.

  • @lucaliberato
    @lucaliberato8 күн бұрын

    hi, the video was very helpful. Btw, i'm not sure if i understood well the difference between superkeys and composite keys. Superkeys are a type of composite keys that can consist also of one attribute while the other must be 2+?

  • @abhiseksenapati8018
    @abhiseksenapati801810 ай бұрын

    please add a video on identifiable relationship & non-identifiable relatioship

  • @mohamedazizlakhal9368
    @mohamedazizlakhal9368 Жыл бұрын

    Have you already considered enabling the Super Thanks button? You totally deserve some extra credit!

  • @decomplexify

    @decomplexify

    Жыл бұрын

    Good suggestion - have enabled it now!

  • @sethu_k_r
    @sethu_k_r Жыл бұрын

    Can we have a detailed visual explanation of Codd's 12 rules?

  • @MohamedAymn
    @MohamedAymn Жыл бұрын

    ❤❤❤❤❤