Re: does a table always need a PK?

"Mikito Harakiri" <mikharakiri_at_ywho.com> wrote in message news:Nv85b.19$1o4.1173_at_news.oracle.com...
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> Since we can express count via sum, where
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> select count(a + b) from table_t;
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> becomes
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> select sum(1) from table_t;
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> could I suggest that "count" is redundant operator, so that we can drop it
> from consideration altogether?

I like that idea a *lot.*

Marshall Received on Tue Sep 02 2003 - 18:05:34 CDT