Re: Basic Q on superfluous primary keys

From: Greg Smith <gsmith(at)gregsmith(dot)com>
To: pgsql-performance(at)postgresql(dot)org
Subject: Re: Basic Q on superfluous primary keys
Date: 2007-04-18 12:19:55
Message-ID: Pine.GSO.4.64.0704180814490.14766@westnet.com
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On Wed, 18 Apr 2007, Richard Huxton wrote:

> And at the end of the day that's the root of the problem. It's easy to be
> lulled into "well it looks like a primary key" rather than being able to
> guarantee it.

In some of these cases it is guaranteed to be a primary key given all
available information at the time. The funny thing about unexpected
changes to a business model is that you never expect them.

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* Greg Smith gsmith(at)gregsmith(dot)com http://www.gregsmith.com Baltimore, MD

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