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Re: Unique keys for sets
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Date: 
Tue, 28 Dec 1999 22:22:06 GMT
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lpieniazek@%saynotospam%novera.com
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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 purely internal and have no business meaning.

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  Re: Unique keys for sets
 
(...) Oya definitely. I didn't mean overwriting one of the existing ones, sorry for the confusion. There are 8 columns now, so the new one would make sense either at 1 (first), 2 (first), or 9 (last). IMHO, it makes the most sense in column 1, but I (...) (25 years ago, 28-Dec-99, to lugnet.admin.database)

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(...) Ok, I can stuff those in one of the columns. Are they most helpful in column 1, 2, or 9? --Todd (25 years ago, 28-Dec-99, to lugnet.admin.database)

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