Philippe Lang wrote:
I think nobody mentioned Object-Relational mappers.
If you intend to used one (or think you may be using one in the future),
using surrogate keys is more straightforward, if not necessary.
Neither of those claims is even slightly true. Using Hibernate, EclipseLink
or OpenJPA (for Java applications), natural keys are sufficient and far more
straightforward than surrogate keys.
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Lew
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