Stuart McLachlan
stuart at lexacorp.com.pg
Fri May 27 01:06:29 CDT 2011
Intelligent Keys are an excellent concept when you can attach them to the item concerned or to it's container. Unless you can tattoo them or implant an RFID chip, there is little point in trying to use IKs to identify people. :-) -- Stuart On 27 May 2011 at 1:55, Arthur Fuller wrote: > I don't know where you obtained this rule against the use of > Intelligent Keys, but I seriously object, and cite Chris Date and > Fabian Pascal and the inestimable Joe Celko for reasons why IKs are a > good thing, in certain applications (eggs are a bad example; car parts > are an excellent example). > > A. > -- > AccessD mailing list > AccessD at databaseadvisors.com > http://databaseadvisors.com/mailman/listinfo/accessd > Website: http://www.databaseadvisors.com >