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Re: Unique keys for sets
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Date: 
Tue, 28 Dec 1999 20:45:27 GMT
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In lugnet.admin.database, "Mike Faunce" <mike@faunce.com> writes:
I guess what several of us want is for those keys (regardless of whether
they should be seen by humans or not) to appear in the Pause listings.  Many
(?) of us use the Pause listings to generate tables in our own databases and
then use that for other purposes (budgeting, # of pieces owned, etc.).  What
we'd like is to be able to grab the Pause listings with unique keys and use
it as the "corner stone" table for our own databases.

Ok, I can stuff those in one of the columns.  Are they most helpful in
column 1, 2, or 9?

--Todd



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  Re: Unique keys for sets
 
Separate column please, don't make me parse it out of an existing one.. that's my opinion. As to what the keys are, I don't care, just as long as they are unique. However, as I have pontificated before, you are right. The primary key should be (...) (25 years ago, 28-Dec-99, to lugnet.admin.database)

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Todd, I guess what several of us want is for those keys (regardless of whether they should be seen by humans or not) to appear in the Pause listings. Many (?) of us use the Pause listings to generate tables in our own databases and then use that for (...) (25 years ago, 28-Dec-99, to lugnet.admin.database)

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