| From: | "Scott Marlowe" <scott(dot)marlowe(at)gmail(dot)com> |
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| To: | "Steve Crawford" <scrawford(at)pinpointresearch(dot)com> |
| Cc: | "Joshua D(dot) Drake" <jd(at)commandprompt(dot)com>, pgsql-general(at)postgresql(dot)org |
| Subject: | Re: Primary Key |
| Date: | 2007-11-26 19:36:14 |
| Message-ID: | dcc563d10711261136m5f991255uad194928fb782d73@mail.gmail.com |
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On Nov 26, 2007 1:30 PM, Steve Crawford <scrawford(at)pinpointresearch(dot)com> wrote:
> I'm sure someone has defined a "vehicle", but I don't know what number
> applies when you've pieced together a rebuilt engine, salvaged
> transmission, junkyard hood and so-on to get a working car. I think
> custom builders end up applying for a new VIN but I don't think that
> applies to repairs. Of course defining when a vehicle becomes a
> different vehicle is a problem that remains regardless of choice of key.
There's a small car building company in the west that buys the old
VINs / chassis to Shelby 350 / 500GTs and builds whole new cars with
those VINs. Course, the older ones are in the junkyard by then.
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