dbdebunk 'Quote of Week' comment
From: Mike Meng <meng.yan_at_gmail.com>
Date: 18 Aug 2005 00:25:57 -0700
Message-ID: <1124349957.125386.120320_at_g49g2000cwa.googlegroups.com>
Hi all,
I'm enjoying reading C. J. Date's new book "Database in Depth", in which I know the www.dbdebunk.com website. I visited the site just now, and find the following statement in its "QUOTE OF THE WEEK" section:
It seems that they quote this idea to point out how wrong it is. But I myself always regard this idea as a good practice in database design! Am I right? If not, what's wrong with it? Please comment. Received on Thu Aug 18 2005 - 09:25:57 CEST
Date: 18 Aug 2005 00:25:57 -0700
Message-ID: <1124349957.125386.120320_at_g49g2000cwa.googlegroups.com>
Hi all,
I'm enjoying reading C. J. Date's new book "Database in Depth", in which I know the www.dbdebunk.com website. I visited the site just now, and find the following statement in its "QUOTE OF THE WEEK" section:
- QUOTE ** Don't use primary keys that have meaning for the end user, such as invoice number or the ISBN value.
--Giuseppe DiMauro & Francesco Balena, PRACTICAL GUIDELINES AND BEST
PRACTICES FOR MICROSOFT VISUAL BASIC AND VISUAL C# DEVELOPERS
** QUOTE **
It seems that they quote this idea to point out how wrong it is. But I myself always regard this idea as a good practice in database design! Am I right? If not, what's wrong with it? Please comment. Received on Thu Aug 18 2005 - 09:25:57 CEST