I welcome the discussion but back it up.. PITA? In what ways?
----- Original Message ----- From: "Boardwine, David L." <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "CF-Talk" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Tuesday, July 29, 2003 10:50 AM Subject: RE: DB Design > Ok, I'll give my .02 worth. BS. What am I supposed to use as a PK? GUIDs? > GUIDs are what M$ uses and they are a PITA. > DavidB > > > -----Original Message----- > From: Michael T. Tangorre [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > Sent: Tuesday, July 29, 2003 10:48 AM > To: CF-Talk > Subject: SOT: DB Design > > > I am working on a new DB design for a CFMX app and was doing a little > refresher research on keys and data types and ran across this quote from > former SQL Server project manager Ron Soukup, > > "Identity primary keys are for people who believe there's never time to > design a table right but there's always time to do it over." > > In another related article, another MS SQL guy says that the only reason > identity made it into SQL server was because of Access.... (not a direct > quote). > > Anyone care to comment? > > Mike > > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Archives: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/index.cfm?forumid=4 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/index.cfm?method=subscribe&forumid=4 FAQ: http://www.thenetprofits.co.uk/coldfusion/faq Signup for the Fusion Authority news alert and keep up with the latest news in ColdFusion and related topics. http://www.fusionauthority.com/signup.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=89.70.4
