PK - Character vs. Numeric

From: Walter K <ORA1034_at_sbcglobal.net>
Date: Tue, 07 May 2002 08:48:26 -0800
Message-ID: <F001.0045A075.20020507084826@fatcity.com>

I'm sure this has been raised in the past, but...

Is it better, in terms of performance, to use numeric primary keys versus character/string keys? It is my understanding that this is really a space-savings issue rather than a performance issue.

Can someone elaborate more on this?

Thanks.
-W

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