Re: pervasiveness of surrogate (also called synthetic) keys

From: Karsten Hilbert <Karsten(dot)Hilbert(at)gmx(dot)net>
To: pgsql-general(at)postgresql(dot)org
Subject: Re: pervasiveness of surrogate (also called synthetic) keys
Date: 2011-05-04 13:43:35
Message-ID: 20110504134335.GA19317@hermes.hilbert.loc
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On Wed, May 04, 2011 at 09:33:57AM -0400, David Johnston wrote:

> “Hello - person born in Liverpool London, St. Whatever
> hospital, Room 101 @ 13:14:57AM on the 5th of March 2001 –
> how may I direct your call?” (I guess you could use the
> conception date as well

That will rarely be known to any sufficient precision.

Karsten
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