Re: Reordering columns, will this ever be simple?

From: Erik Jones <erik(at)myemma(dot)com>
To: Greg Smith <gsmith(at)gregsmith(dot)com>
Cc: pgsql-general(at)postgresql(dot)org
Subject: Re: Reordering columns, will this ever be simple?
Date: 2007-08-09 18:23:32
Message-ID: 16A5DC0B-1756-40BE-9E56-8116B97B2D35@myemma.com
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On Aug 9, 2007, at 1:14 PM, Greg Smith wrote:

> On Thu, 9 Aug 2007, Erik Jones wrote:
>
>> Perhaps we could have a nice, friendly discussion on using
>> surrogate primary keys v. string based keys? Or, I think the body
>> of the "nulls are bad" dead horse is collecting flies if anyone
>> wants to take a swing at it...
>
> Following the handbook for dead horse riding[1], obviously
> technique #12 "Harnessing several dead horses together for
> increased speed" would allow faster progress were all these
> addressed at once.
>
> [1] http://soli.inav.net/~catalyst/Humor/dhorse.htm
>

That's awesome.

Erik Jones

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