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Regarding this, what is a surrogate key in SQL Server?

A surrogate key in SQL Server is created a by assigning an identity property to a column that has a number data type. A surrogate key is a value generated right before the record is inserted into a table. There are several reasons to replace a natural key with a surrogate key.

Beside above, what is surrogate key in database? A surrogate key (or synthetic key, entity identifier, system-generated key, database sequence number, factless key, technical key, or arbitrary unique identifier) in a database is a unique identifier for either an entity in the modeled world or an object in the database.

Herein, what is surrogate key example?

Here are some examples of natural keys values: Social Security Number, ISBN, and TaxId. A surrogate key like a natural key is a column that uniquely identifies a single record in a table. The surrogate key is just a value that is generated and then stored with the rest of the columns in a record.

What is difference between surrogate key and primary key?

Physically, a primary key is implemented by the database system using a unique index, and all the columns in the primary key must have been declared NOT NULL. A surrogate key is any column or set of columns that can be declared as the primary key instead of a "real" or natural key.