Re: Normalization, Natural Keys, Surrogate Keys

"Sebastiano Pilla" <etechweb_at_yahoo.com> wrote in message news:1fce03i.1tn2z99142zkg0N%etechweb_at_yahoo.com...
> Pablo Sanchez <pablo_at_dev.null> wrote:
>
> > (btw, you should use singular rather than plural for table names.
> > <g>)
>
> Slightly tangential to the thread in case, and all-seriouts question:
> why?
>
> Sebastiano Pilla

Because the ocurrences of the entity are named plural. So you have an entity EMPLOYEE and the ocurrences of the entity are called EMPLOYEES. Hth

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