Re: Surrogate Keys: an Implementation Issue
From: Paul Mansour <paul_at_carlislegroup.com>
Date: 19 Jul 2006 10:21:08 -0700
Message-ID: <1153329664.958072.234840_at_m79g2000cwm.googlegroups.com>
Date: 19 Jul 2006 10:21:08 -0700
Message-ID: <1153329664.958072.234840_at_m79g2000cwm.googlegroups.com>
paul c wrote:
> If it can never be exposed, then it is hardly a key as far as the db
> interface is concerned and all you're asking is whether an optimization
> is possible using a 32-bit value to indirect some other values - if you
> don't think you'll run out of room, go ahead, what's it got to do with
> db theory?