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Re: Is the use of VARCHAR(256) as Primary Keys preferred in Oracle?

From: Galen Boyer <galenboyer_at_hotpop.com>
Date: 1 Dec 2002 11:23:27 -0600
Message-ID: <uvg2dbhup.fsf@hotpop.com> 





On Sun, 01 Dec 2002, pablo_at_dev.null wrote:



> What I was attempting to explain was the reason 'why' one shouldn't

> trust the business folks.  It's not that they're mean, green and ugly

> ... 




I don't trust the user entering characters that become the PK.  That is
what I don't trust.  I certainly could see the merits of a "natural key"
being defined by another systems PK.


-- 
Galen deForest Boyer
Sweet dreams and flying machines in pieces on the ground.


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