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Sequence 076 — T2 - primary keys, foreign keys and relational reasoning

Stage: Technology Gate A — Relational Foundation
Source: CDMP Master Execution Manual

When / purpose

Understand relationships before joining tables.

What you should learn

  • Primary-key purpose.
  • Foreign-key purpose.
  • One-to-many vs many-to-many awareness.
  • Referential integrity concept.

What to read / study

Priority Resource Use now Stop point
MUST Technology Competency Roadmap Use the exact active technology block and stopping boundary. Do not study later blocks.
REFERENCE Detailed Technology Competency Reference Use only the section named by this card. Do not convert the reference into a separate curriculum.

Do this in order

  1. Inspect Customer, Order and OrderItem relationship candidates.
  2. Draw keys/relationships before writing joins.
  3. Explain what an orphan record would mean.

Meridian application

Use Meridian synthetic data and the local lab environment only when the card calls for practice.

Create / save

Key/relationship sketch.

Stop / boundary

Stop at governance/data-management working depth; do not expand into DBA or engineering specialization.

Completion gate

You can identify likely keys and explain the business meaning of the relationship.

NEXT → Sequence 077 — T2 - INNER JOIN


Operationalized from the verified canonical 00C Master Execution Manual; not a verbatim transcription.


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