Re: Trend towards artificial keys (GUIDs) sez my textbook...is AI next?

From: Hugo Kornelis <hugo_at_perFact.REMOVETHIS.info.INVALID>
Date: Sat, 15 Dec 2007 23:30:38 +0100
Message-ID: <m5l8m3ld0lt29cmq2mv3d610rnd70s94hg@4ax.com>

On Sat, 15 Dec 2007 08:37:16 -0800 (PST), raylopez99 wrote:

>My beginner's book on RDBMS theory by Louis Davidson (APress) says
>that there's a trend towards using GUIDs (artificial keys) as
>computing power increases.

Hi Ray,

If this is the book I think it is (Pro SQL Server 2005 yadda yadda), then please do me -or rather yourself- a favor and stop trying to learn database theory from it. There are a lot of things that Louis and I agree on, but database theory is definitely not among them. Parts of his book are useful, the art is figuring out which parts.

Best, Hugo Received on Sat Dec 15 2007 - 16:30:38 CST