On Jul 27, 2010, at 3:18 AM, Hugi Thordarson wrote: > Good morning! > > > On 14.7.2010, at 17:32, Chuck Hill wrote: > >> User. Modifiable. PK. WTF?!!? Icelandic banking systems? :-P > > I wish - unfortunately it's the Icelandic Vehicle Registry, meaning *I* have > to fix this :).
Shudder. > For legacy reasons, I can't ditch the old PKs entirely in favor of new ones - > which also sucks. >> >> Are the users still going to be modifying them? How did they handle that? >> Update all the FKs in the same transaction? > > Yes, they will continue to be modified, and yes, that's how it's handled > today. For example, the date a vehicle is inspected is part of the PK. Update > that date, and you'll have to update about a billion FKs. Be a terrible shame if the servers fell into one of your volcanoes. Just terrible. Who made this awful design? Be a terrible shame if they fell into a volcano too. >> Run away? > > Yes. Yes, that's exactly what I'm thinking… :) Wow. I have nothing more to say. Wow. That belongs here: http://thedailywtf.com Chuck -- Chuck Hill Senior Consultant / VP Development Practical WebObjects - for developers who want to increase their overall knowledge of WebObjects or who are trying to solve specific problems. http://www.global-village.net/products/practical_webobjects
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