Re: Normalization, Natural Keys, Surrogate Keys

In message <c1ec9b8f.0205311413.7c4f69a_at_posting.google.com>, Kai Ponte <cybermusicdude_at_aol.com> writes

> If I recall the only real differnce is that in a
>relational DBMS I can create my own keys

That depends on what you mean by keys. You can create surrogate keys and foreign keys but primary keys are defined by the data.

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