"A restriction placed upon the value that can be entered into a column or a row. Values can be equal to, greater than, or less than. A constraint limits the input." (Patrick Dalton, "Microsoft SQL Server Black Book", 1997)
"A property assigned to a table column that prevents certain types of non-valid data values from being placed in the column." (Anthony Sequeira & Brian Alderman, "The SQL Server 2000 Book", 2003)
"A condition defined against a column or columns on a table in the database to enforce business rules or relationships between tables in the database." (Bob Bryla, "Oracle Database Foundations", 2004)
"A database object that can be applied to tables to enforce different types of data integrity." (Sara Morganand & Tobias Thernstrom , "MCITP Self-Paced Training Kit : Designing and Optimizing Data Access by Using Microsoft SQL Server 2005 - Exam 70-442", 2007)
"(1) A restriction on a business action and the resulting data. (2) The database mechanism for enforcing such." (Craig S Mullins, "Database Administration: The Complete Guide to DBA Practices and Procedures 2nd Ed", 2012)
"A rule that limits the values that can be inserted, deleted, or updated in a table." (Sybase)
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