Re: Alternative to serial primary key - Mailing list pgsql-sql

Hi D'Arcy,

> It's not that I think that the primary key should never have 
> meaning in the database (I use the two letter country code as 
> the PK in my country table for example) I just think that 
> it's dangerous ground and should be tread very carefully.

You are right. I now realize that I have done exactly the same thing in my
database designs :)  In 95+% of the cases I would choose a serial, but this
is a good counter-example.

Thanks for making me think :)
Sander