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Re: Surrogate Keys: an Implementation Issue

From: Brian Selzer <brian_at_selzer-software.com>
Date: Sat, 29 Jul 2006 18:49:03 GMT
Message-ID: <z4Oyg.77259$Lm5.36212@newssvr12.news.prodigy.com> 






"paul c" <toledobythesea_at_oohay.ac> wrote in message 
news:g9Nyg.263082$iF6.250988_at_pd7tw2no...


> Brian Selzer wrote:

>> What's the point of a database if it doesn't reflect some aspect of 

>> reality. ...

>

> To talk precisely about whatever we want to talk about.  Nothing more. 

> Doesn't need to be real.

>




Agreed.  But even a conceived universe subsumes certain absolutes, such as 
time.



> p 

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