On Sun April 2 2006 06:52, + Michelle Jones wrote: > I'm trying to start up a data base. Why do I need to have an ID? I just > want to enter in addresses, and look them up by name. > Hi Andrew
As you are not subscribed you may not have seen that: On Mon April 3 2006 10:58, Andi Permadi wrote: > Hi, > I assume the ID is primary key. > We need an ID to make sure the one record is different with other. So if > You will not have more than one same record. For egsample You have 2 friend > with same name James Cook. One is Your college friend and the other is Your > working partner. They coincidentally live in the same house with the same > phone. > > To make the difference between both of them, we use ID (we call it primary > key).Same reason with if You have social security number. In the old days > the dbase format permit You to make a database without primary key but now > it is a must. > > But still You can use the name as primary key. > > PS: Sorry my english is not so good Please reply to [email protected] only. -- CPH : openoffice.org contributor Maybe your question has been answered already? http://user-faq.openoffice.org/#FAQ --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
