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Re: database design and refactoring

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Michael Glaesemann wrote:

On Jan 3, 2007, at 5:24 , Luca Ferrari wrote:
And moreover a database design question: is a better idea to choose always
(when possible) numeric keys?

Depends on your requirements. This is an oft-discussed topic about which you can find many more opinions by googling on natural and surrogate keys.
Come on, it's been a whole, what?, three or four weeks since the last natural v. surrogate debate? Seriously though, Luca, for information on that vein, peruse the archives or do as Michael suggested and Google.


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