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Re: Surrogate Key vs Production Key

From: Daniel Morgan <damorgan_at_x.washington.edu>
Date: Wed, 13 Oct 2004 19:44:19 -0700
Message-ID: <1097721945.969347@yasure>


Brian Dick wrote:

> On Mon, 11 Oct 2004 20:47:20 -0700, ats wrote:
> 
> 

>>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.
> 
> 
> AT&T Wireless was sold to Cingular last February.

True. But the deals not yet done. Still awaiting regulatory approval. Of course once that happens lots of good people will lose their jobs.

-- 
Daniel A. Morgan
University of Washington
damorgan_at_x.washington.edu
(replace 'x' with 'u' to respond)
Received on Wed Oct 13 2004 - 21:44:19 CDT

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