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Re: Newbie question

From: Paul <paul_at_test.com>
Date: Tue, 21 Jun 2005 17:59:04 +0100
Message-ID: <42b8475d$0$3144$ed2619ec@ptn-nntp-reader01.plus.net> 





Jon Heggland wrote:


>>Moreover, as Joe Celko often points out, any key that is used in the UI 

>>should have check digits or similar to catch data entry errors

> 


> Why is that? Just to avoid a lookup on the key value?



I guess it's a practical consideration so that simple typos can be
trapped by the client, to save hitting the database server. In some
scenarios this could be useful.



Paul.
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