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Re: Is a primary key always desired?

From: Daniel Morgan <damorgan_at_x.washington.edu>
Date: Fri, 03 Oct 2003 17:47:30 -0700
Message-ID: <1065228453.375829@yasure>


Randy Harris wrote:

>I'm sure this is another dumb question, your patience is appreciated.
>
>Should every table in an Oracle database have a Primary Key? What about a
>very small table that is used for a very short list of values?
>
>

Yes!

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