Glossary

The words, without the shrug

Every term the courses use, defined in one line and then in a paragraph. Written to be read out of order.

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Foreign key

Data & Databases

A column pointing at another table’s row.

How a relationship is stored: an order holds the id of its customer. The database can enforce that the referenced row exists, making a whole class of corruption impossible.

See also Primary key, Join, Integrity

Full table scan

Data & Databases

Reading every row to answer one question.

What the database resorts to when no index supports your query. Instant with ten rows, catastrophic with ten million, which is why this problem never appears during development.

See also Index, Query