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Integrity Constraints

Entity and referential integrity — the DBMS rejects every insert that would corrupt them.

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Integrity constraints are rules the database refuses to break, checked automatically on every insert, update, and delete. Entity integrity says every row must be identifiable: its primary key must be unique and never empty. Referential integrity says links between tables must be real: a foreign key has to point at a row that actually exists. A domain constraint adds that each column only accepts sensible values. Together they stop the data from quietly becoming corrupt.
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Entity integrity keeps every row identifiable (primary key unique, never NULL); referential integrity keeps relationships valid (a foreign key must reference a real row). The DBMS enforces both automatically.
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