Re: Surrogate keys (Was: enums) - Mailing list pgsql-hackers

From Greg Stark
Subject Re: Surrogate keys (Was: enums)
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Msg-id 87bqy8ww8n.fsf@stark.xeocode.com
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In response to Re: Surrogate keys (Was: enums)  (Tom Lane <tgl@sss.pgh.pa.us>)
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> >> If a primary key exists for a collection that is known never to change,
> >> for example social security number, student registration number, or
> >> employee number, then no additional system-assigned UID is required.

In point of fact Social security numbers *can* change.

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greg



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