Re: Primary vs. Surrogate! What a nightmare debate.

"Laconic2" <laconic2_at_comcast.net> wrote in message news:IKKdnX0rxNBOnejcRVn-ig_at_comcast.com...
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> "Marshall Spight" <mspight_at_dnai.com> wrote in message
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> From a certain point of view, all keys are surrogate.
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> In the Hindu view of the universe, the universe is initially whole. The
> process of analyzing the universe into discrete entities is a fomr of
> illusion about the universe, which they call "maya".
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> So the process I recommend so much, of starting with ER analysis, and
> working your way to attributes, then to relations, then to tables, then to
> indexes, and the to database objects, is a process of successive self
> deception, in the Hindu view.
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> That is why I am not a "Guru".
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> Now ask me why I'm not a "geek".

Hey, Laconic -- why are you not a "geek"? Received on Wed Oct 20 2004 - 01:38:09 CEST