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Re: Surrogate keys (Was: enums)

Josh Berkus <josh@agliodbs.com>

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From: Josh Berkus <josh@agliodbs.com>
To: "Jim C. Nasby" <jnasby@pervasive.com>
Cc: "Pollard, Mike" <mpollard@cincom.com>, pgsql-hackers@postgresql.org
Date: 2006-01-19T18:11:51Z
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Jim,

 > So ISTM it's much easier to just use surrogate keys and be
> done with it. Only deviate when you have a good reason to do so.

"The lazy man's guide to SQL database design", but Jim Nasby.

;-)

--Josh