RE: Index & Constraint

From: Hamid Alavi <hamid.alavi_at_quovadx.com>
Date: Fri, 07 Jun 2002 13:13:45 -0800
Message-ID: <F001.00477F04.20020607131345@fatcity.com>

What about PK, which one should be, normal or Reverse, I can see in one of my database, Erwin generate all PK as normal/reverse ?

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Sent: Friday, June 07, 2002 1:33 PM
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No, don't use reverse index for FKs, on certain versions they caused havoc by allowing parent key to be deleted (Metastink has an alert on this one). Reverse indexes are preferred in OPS environment AFAIK.

Raj

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Rajendra Jamadagni MIS, ESPN Inc.
Rajendra dot Jamadagni at ESPN dot com
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