> There are lots of numbers. Credit card numbers, account numbers > sales ticket numbers, etc, etc ad nauseum. Julian day and Julian > date, even. You can't have lived in "the west" in the past 30 years > without being surrounded by them. > > It's their blind use in *every* table which I take issue with, *most > especially* when they are the only unique key.
There is also *almost* always a way to have a natural and artificial key. Joshua D. Drake > > - -- > Ron Johnson, Jr. > Jefferson LA USA > > Is "common sense" really valid? > For example, it is "common sense" to white-power racists that > whites are superior to blacks, and that those with brown skins > are mud people. > However, that "common sense" is obviously wrong. > -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- > Version: GnuPG v1.4.5 (GNU/Linux) > > iD8DBQFFaz8HS9HxQb37XmcRAjbWAKCT2yN84OiemgPnCH2uc0JNMsykxACeOrfI > vNKts9gWRqq7U3hIyEVNKY8= > =mGfl > -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- > > ---------------------------(end of broadcast)--------------------------- > TIP 3: Have you checked our extensive FAQ? > > http://www.postgresql.org/docs/faq > -- === The PostgreSQL Company: Command Prompt, Inc. === Sales/Support: +1.503.667.4564 || 24x7/Emergency: +1.800.492.2240 Providing the most comprehensive PostgreSQL solutions since 1997 http://www.commandprompt.com/ Donate to the PostgreSQL Project: http://www.postgresql.org/about/donate ---------------------------(end of broadcast)--------------------------- TIP 6: explain analyze is your friend
