Surrogate Keys
From: Randy Yates <yates_at_207.87.184.178>
Date: 2000/05/26
Message-ID: <392ECAF8.1D23E038_at_207.87.184.178>#1/1
Date: 2000/05/26
Message-ID: <392ECAF8.1D23E038_at_207.87.184.178>#1/1
There are so many related tables in my database that I am running up against Access 97's 10-field limit on primary keys. One obvious solution is to use a surrogate key, i.e., instead of using the "real" fields that should compose the primary key, use instead a made-up number to serve as the primary key. Is this a reasonable solution? Any suggestions on alternate soluation would be appreciated.
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