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Neven said:

> I prefer descriptive AlphaNumeric Primary Keys. As it make more sense for
a customer to be
> 'MWK001' than 132.

Where does 'MWK001' come from? Is it generated, or does somebody have to
type it in?

Does a user ever see this key? If so, how do you cope with changing the
primary key (which has to happens sometimes, if the key also has meaning --
what if 'MWK001' company gets bought by IBM?)

Kerry S
INZ

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