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Re: Can Rowid be a foreign key? If so, would you recommend?

From: Troy Tinnes <q10641_at_cig.nml.mot.com>
Date: Mon, 24 Jan 2000 08:59:18 +0900
Message-ID: <388B95D6.3B10E203@cig.nml.mot.com> 





No. ROWID is not something you can do anything with - other than look it up. It
is an internally controlled ID and is unique by record.



Ling wrote:



> Hi all,


> Just wonder if Oracle ROWID can be a foreign key in another table? And if


> so, would you recommend to do so. Also is the rowid always be a constant to


> a record?


>


> Thank you so much


>


> Ling



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