Database Concepts

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Chapter 2 - The Relational Model - Review Questions - Page 107: 2.30

Answer

It doesn't work - such tables do not have a primary key.

Work Step by Step

If a relation has no duplicate data, at least one set of attributes must uniquely identify each tuple, so a primary key always exists; if duplicates are allowed, no such unique identifier is guaranteed, and a primary key may not exist.
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