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Yuck!!!! Why would anybody want a PK or FK that had more than 16
columns??? Isn't this why surrogate PK's were thought of??? I'd put a
UK on your concatenated columns that are the logical key, then use a
number for the physical PK (and related FK's)...
Stan
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Received on Tue Jul 20 1999 - 15:30:24 CDT