Re: Surrogate Keys

From: Bernard Peek <bap_at_shrdlu.com>
Date: 2000/06/02
Message-ID: <IBBUeeACRAO5EwNg_at_shrdlu.com>#1/1


In article <mnSZ4.176$hW2.9326_at_petpeeve.ziplink.net>, David Cressey <david_at_dcressey.com> writes
>I guess I came across as sounding madder at Neil that I really was.
>In any event, Neil and I have patched things up, put that behind us by
>exchanges of emails.
>Neil deserves most of the credit for being a class act.
>
>I'm going to take another look at Codd's rules, and see if I can come up
>with any answers.
>Meanwhile, there are others in the group more qualified than I am to answer
>your question.
>
>I'll start here:
>
>The metadata isn't stored in tables that can be subjected to queries using
>the same language as the language used to query data. At least, if it is,
>I missed that in my skimming of ACCESS.

There are system tables that are invisible with the default settings. You can change an option to make them visible.

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Bernard Peek
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Received on Fri Jun 02 2000 - 00:00:00 CEST

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