Re: Surrogate primary key plus unique constraint vs. natural primary key: data integrity?
Date: Wed, 13 Mar 2013 15:37:37 -0700
Message-ID: <khqv57$qek$1_at_speranza.aioe.org>
On 12/03/2013 4:42 PM, James K. Lowden wrote:
> Roy's point is that the surrogate/natural nomenclature derives from
> (subjective) perspective. Do you disagree with that, or just think
> the matter too trifling to discuss?
Actually, that was the point of Cimode's very first sentence in this thread though I imagine some literalists might trip over the term "point in time". Even though my first language is English, the term doesn't upset me because I know whenever people try to hone in on meaning that precedes requirements and therefore is relevant to db design, the real meaning is "in a sense". He also fairly obviously stated in his very first message that the matter is "too trifling to discuss". Received on Wed Mar 13 2013 - 23:37:37 CET