Re: Natural keys vs Aritficial Keys
From: Michael Schuerig <michael_at_schuerig.de>
Date: Thu, 21 May 2009 23:14:22 +0200
Message-ID: <gv4g77$mdb$1_at_newsreader2.netcologne.de>
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> To repeat, no one here says synthetic keys are always wrong. Those
> things you list may well benefit from them.
Date: Thu, 21 May 2009 23:14:22 +0200
Message-ID: <gv4g77$mdb$1_at_newsreader2.netcologne.de>
>> Would you say that these principal functions are essential for, say, >> blogs, wikis, or social networking sites such as Flickr?
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> To repeat, no one here says synthetic keys are always wrong. Those
> things you list may well benefit from them.
Bob Badour just wrote in response to me:
> If you need to manage data, it's stupid to cripple the primary
functions
> of the data management system which is exactly what ORMs and rails do.
> The concept is fundamentally flawed. I am not going to counter basic
> ignorance piecemeal. Go learn the fundamentals and then come back.
I took him as claiming exactly what you say no one does claim.
EOD for me, it's going nowhere.
Michael
-- Michael Schuerig mailto:michael_at_schuerig.de http://www.schuerig.de/michael/Received on Thu May 21 2009 - 23:14:22 CEST