Re: SQL Humor
From: --CELKO-- <jcelko212_at_earthlink.net>
Date: 19 Aug 2005 08:30:35 -0700
Message-ID: <1124465435.116434.124650_at_g14g2000cwa.googlegroups.com>
Date: 19 Aug 2005 08:30:35 -0700
Message-ID: <1124465435.116434.124650_at_g14g2000cwa.googlegroups.com>
>> just stick SSN in a varchar(20) as an extraneous attribute and use an 4 byte integer identity for foreign key relationships. <<
And sure enough, you will get a 20 letter SSN in your database. And it will be a duplicate on top of that.
But a bad DB designer does not have to bother with all that research and work. He has his proprietary, magical, universal, one-size-fits-all-creation IDENTITY column. Let's let him tell the IRS that SSNs are an "extraneous attribute" while they haul himoff to jail and close us down. Received on Fri Aug 19 2005 - 17:30:35 CEST