Re: Theory ques: To autogenerate PK or not???????

From: Pierre G. Boutquin <boutquin_at_home.com>
Date: Fri, 13 Oct 2000 03:12:49 GMT
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<jasondma_at_my-deja.com> wrote in message news:8s4lo0$iuk$1_at_nnrp1.deja.com...
> I have been pondering the question of whether or not to autogenerate
> Primary keys or manage them using a key table for some time and I have
> not been able to come to a satisfactory conclusion.

MSSQL has _at__at_IDENTITY that solves the problem. I suspect other RDBMs have something similar, though I have *NO* experience whatsoever with PostgreSQL.

<Pierre /> Received on Fri Oct 13 2000 - 05:12:49 CEST

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