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Databases Querying Relational Databases Subqueries Using a Subquery to Create a Temporary Table (Part 2)

Cayo Estevao
Cayo Estevao
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Cayo Estevao
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Why location id is = 1?

Why st louis receive location id = 1, and columbia location id = 2?

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Steven Parker
Steven Parker
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Steven Parker
Steven Parker
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ID numbers often have no relationship to the other data.

Commonly, the ID number is assigned automatically by the database when the record is first created. So while it gives a convenient way of uniquely identifying records, it may have no other meaning than just the order that the record was added.