[AccessD] OT: The Great Primary Debate

Charlotte, you highlighted the word *is*.  Do we need to define the
meaning of it?

> -----Original Message-----
> From: Charlotte Foust [mailto:cfoust at infostatsystems.com] 
> Sent: Friday, June 11, 2004 11:10 AM
> To: Access Developers discussion and problem solving
> Subject: RE: [AccessD] OT: The Great Primary Debate
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> Well, what *is* distinct about a screw from the same lot?  
> This is probably a poor example for this discussion because 
> screws of the same size, etc., are interchangeable.  There is 
> no need to identify any particular screw from a batch of 
> duplicate screws, so it has no unique key!
> 
> Charlotte Foust
> 
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Scott Marcus [mailto:marcus at tsstech.com] 
> Sent: Friday, June 11, 2004 5:38 AM
> To: Access Developers discussion and problem solving
> Subject: RE: [AccessD] OT: The Great Primary Debate
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> 
> Stuart,
> 
> It was just an example. I worked for GE Aircraft Engines for 
> 2 years. I wrote systems that tracked those screws/nuts/bolts 
> etc. They want to know everything about anything in an 
> engine. They do not however track below a lot number on those 
> common parts. You could find anything you needed to know 
> about a 'lot' of screws but a particular screw from that lot 
> was no different than any other screw in that lot.
> 
> Scott Marcus
> TSS Technologies, Inc.
> marcus at tsstech.com
> (513) 772-7000
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>  -----Original Message-----
> From: 	accessd-bounces at databaseadvisors.com
> [mailto:accessd-bounces at databaseadvisors.com]  On Behalf Of 
> Stuart McLachlan
> Sent:	Friday, June 11, 2004 9:27 AM
> To:	Access Developers discussion and problem solving
> Subject:	RE: [AccessD] OT: The Great Primary Debate
> 
> On 11 Jun 2004 at 8:28, Scott Marcus wrote:
> 
> > John,
> > 
> > If you have a bin full of 20,000 screws (all the same, 
> because that's
> > what I was saying) you would be an amazing person if I 
> could pick up 
> > anyone of them, show it to you, take it back, put it back 
> in the bin, 
> > mix the bin up, and you could find that same exact screw.
> > 
> 
> You've obviously never developed any systems for the aircraft 
> industry.
> 
> You need to track what supplier and manufacture batch any individual
> screw came 
> from, what aircraft it ended up on and where. You just don't 
> dump 20,000
> screws 
> in a bin. :-(
> 
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