Re: SQL Humor

From: Gene Wirchenko <genew_at_ucantrade.com.NOTHERE>
Date: Fri, 19 Aug 2005 14:17:26 -0700
Message-ID: <lticg1td0pim1k5eodi2emo572vkljmg1q@4ax.com>

On Fri, 19 Aug 2005 22:37:45 +0200, Tom Ivar Helbekkmo <tih_at_hamartun.priv.no> wrote:

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>Of course, the member number has no physical reality, and it will be
>an automatically assigned serial number (without reuse of defunct
>numbers when people quit or die) -- generally, it seems to be what you
>rant against.

No, it is when the number is referring to how the data is physically stored. If the number is a record number or an address or other such, then it ties your data to the physical implementation. A member number (if used just as that) would not do that.

>Am I doing something stupid here? If so, why?

You are misunderstanding.

Sincerely,

Gene Wirchenko Received on Fri Aug 19 2005 - 16:17:26 CDT