> No one ever said a number is not natural. just that there is no need to 
> duplicate uniqueness
> with a separate number.

The whole point is that people are telling you that surrogate keys do not 
_duplicate_ uniqueness but
rather _generate_ it, artificially, and therefore reliably.

Today's external uniqueness is ambiguous tomorrow.

Karsten


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