columns is a list of column names for the source and target tables. primaryKey (optional) is the name of the primary key column, which is used to uniquely identify rows. This must be a subset of ...

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FirstName NVARCHAR(100) NOT NULL, -- Player's first name, cannot be null LastName NVARCHAR(100) NOT NULL, -- Player's last name, cannot be null PlayerID INT NOT NULL, -- Foreign Key referencing ...

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