What is surrogate key?

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SURROGATE KEY IS SYSTEM GENERATED PRIMARY KEY
1)THIS IS USED WHEN DATA COMMING FROM MULTIPLE SOURCES THEN
THERE IS CHANCE OF DUPLICATION SO WE USED THIS
2) THE P.KEY ON TABLE MAY HAVE ANY DATATYPE BUT NO(S.KEY)
ACCUPYES VERRY LESS SPACE
3)MENTAING THE QUARY IS SIMPLE FOR END USER

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