On Apr 28, 2011, at 11:53 AM, Rob Sargent wrote: > Hm, I get the feeling that only the good folks at Hibernate seem to think > using a "natural key" is the _only_ way to go.
Well, natural keys are quite obviously the way to go, when they exist. The problem is, they usually don't really exist. What's usually proposed as a natural key, will upon further investigation, either not be guaranteed unique, or not guaranteed to be unchanging, or both. -- Scott Ribe scott_r...@elevated-dev.com http://www.elevated-dev.com/ (303) 722-0567 voice -- Sent via pgsql-general mailing list (pgsql-general@postgresql.org) To make changes to your subscription: http://www.postgresql.org/mailpref/pgsql-general
