Re: does a table always need a PK?

From: Leandro Guimarães Faria Corsetti Dutra <lgcdutra_at_terra.com.br>
Date: Wed, 27 Aug 2003 13:16:37 +0200
Message-ID: <pan.2003.08.27.11.16.37.585838@terra.com.br>

Em Tue, 26 Aug 2003 20:21:16 -0400, Bob Badour escreveu:

>> > See RM V2.
>>

> http://search.barnesandnoble.com/booksearch/isbnInquiry.asp?isbn=0201141922&

>> > itm=1
>>
>> The book is selling too well: "Not Currently Available.

>
> Give the guy a break; he is dead after all. Try the library or one of the
> used book dealers.

Being dead is not an excuse... actually I have the book, and it is not so great. If you look enough, perhaps in the Relation Database volumes, Date himself has a negative review of it. It was a trial at digesting the relational principles and corolaries, plus some assorted ideals about DBMSs, to PHBs in charge of DBMS systems development.

_TTM_ IMNSHO is a better foundation for RDBMS guidelines.

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