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Foreign keys in PostgreSQL are a fundamental way of defining relationships between tables. Splitting data across multiple tables is foundational to relational databases and data normalization. However, when spreading related data across various tables, we must ensure that values in one table are valid and exist in another. Enter foreign keys.
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