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

From: mAsterdam <mAsterdam_at_vrijdag.org>
Date: Mon, 17 Dec 2007 21:59:47 +0100
Message-ID: <4766e27d$0$85779$e4fe514c_at_news.xs4all.nl>


raylopez99 wrote:
> mAsterdam wrote:
>> raylopez99 wrote:

>>> ... migrate a primary key to another table ...

>> There is no movement here. I am not a native english speaker,
>> but 'migrate' really sets you on the wrong foot.
>> Try to describe it in a different way.

> Louis Davidson's textbook uses the term "migrate" when a PK -->FK (PK > becomes a FK in another dB).

I am in unfamiliar territory here, but 'becomes' still doesn't sound right. I would use a sentence with 'references' here, and so - I guess - would most.

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