Re: Surrogate Key vs Production Key

From: ats <damorgan_at_x.washington.edu>
Date: Mon, 11 Oct 2004 20:47:20 -0700
Message-ID: <1097552790.454048@yasure>

Joel Garry wrote:

> Daniel Morgan <damorgan_at_x.washington.edu> wrote in message news:<1097431960.682256_at_yasure>...
>

>>>Arguments, you want?  Already supplied a few.  Here is more:
>>
>>I don't think you truly have an argument as I can not think of a single
>>time in the last 5 years I have found a reason to update (modify) a
>>natural key. I think you've been eating too much red herring ... try
>>salmon instead.

>
>
> I guess you haven't worked for a business that had a customer buy
> another customer. Then some of the users want the keys updated so
> they can compare current and past sales, and some don't because they
> used to be different customers under different salespeople.
>
> jg
> --
> @home.com is bogus.
> http://www.empowered.org/

No one has purchased Boeing or AT&T Wireless, recently so you are correct.

-- 
Daniel A. Morgan
University of Washington
damorgan_at_x.washington.edu
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Received on Mon Oct 11 2004 - 22:47:20 CDT