At 06:23 PM 6/24/2002, you wrote: >On Mon, 24 Jun 2002, James Turner wrote: > > > I'm doing a lot of insurance work now, and > > social security number is typically a primary key on tables, as well as the > > input users need to log in. > >That's a terrible design decision. What do you do if someone doesn't have >a social security number, just make something up? What do you do if the >social security system is revamped and everyone gets new numbers?
Sure, that's great if you are writing from scratch. Unfortunately, I deal a lot with mining legacy systems, and in many cases, this decision has already been made for me. James -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> For additional commands, e-mail: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
