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
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Date: Sat, 15 Dec 2007 23:30:38 +0100
Message-ID: <m5l8m3ld0lt29cmq2mv3d610rnd70s94hg_at_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