John McNally <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:

> It is not db related.  It used to be called Id as in an Object ID.  Its
> name changed because a people like to name their db primary keys ID, so
> it was forcing these people to create other names for the columns in the
> Java code.  It seems less people like to name db columns "PRIMARY_KEY",
> so it should cause less problems.
> 
> But I do not think we should consider the PrimaryKey property to be db
> related.  It could just as easily be used to relate objects in other
> storage mediums.  It is just a property that uniquely identifies an
> object.

Exactly--well put John.
-- 

Daniel Rall <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>


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