Re: Surrogate keys (Was: enums)

From: Josh Berkus <josh(at)agliodbs(dot)com>
To: pgsql-hackers(at)postgresql(dot)org
Subject: Re: Surrogate keys (Was: enums)
Date: 2006-01-18 23:58:50
Message-ID: 200601181558.50878.josh@agliodbs.com
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Martjin,

> Interesting. However, in my experience very few things have "natural
> keys". There are no combination of attributes for people, phone calls
> or even real events that make useful natural keys.

I certainly hope that I never have to pick up one of your projects. A
table without a natural key is a data management disaster. Without a
key, it's not data, it's garbage.

--
--Josh

Josh Berkus
Aglio Database Solutions
San Francisco

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