waht is the difference between primary key and super key?

Answer Posted / nilesh

Different set of attributes which are able to identify any
row in the database is known as super key. And minimal
super key is termed as candidate key i.e. among set of
super keys one with minimum number of attributes. Primary
key could be any key which is able to identify a specific
row in database in a unique manner.

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