jwcolby
jwcolby at colbyconsulting.com
Tue Jun 1 19:58:23 CDT 2004
Nearly 60 makes you an old fart. Being on the side of autonumbers makes you an old fart with good sense. ;-) John W. Colby www.ColbyConsulting.com -----Original Message----- From: accessd-bounces at databaseadvisors.com [mailto:accessd-bounces at databaseadvisors.com] On Behalf Of Charlotte Foust Sent: Tuesday, June 01, 2004 8:41 PM To: Access Developers discussion and problem solving Subject: RE: [AccessD] OT: The Great Primary Debate Hey, I'm nearly 60. And I'm on the side of autonumbers! I'm not sure what that makes me ... Confused? Charlotte Foust -----Original Message----- From: jwcolby [mailto:jwcolby at colbyconsulting.com] Sent: Tuesday, June 01, 2004 4:22 PM To: 'Access Developers discussion and problem solving' Subject: RE: [AccessD] OT: The Great Primary Debate So... At 49 years old, would I qualify as one of the younger developers or one of the older? ;-) John W. Colby www.ColbyConsulting.com -----Original Message----- From: accessd-bounces at databaseadvisors.com [mailto:accessd-bounces at databaseadvisors.com] On Behalf Of Martin Reid Sent: Tuesday, June 01, 2004 2:17 PM To: Access Developers discussion and problem solving Subject: [AccessD] OT: The Great Primary Debate I was taking day one of a 4 day Programming SQL Server 2000 course today. 8 Oracle programmers moving to SQL Server, 6 of our Ingres programmers moving to SQL Server. Came to the section on Table Design. I said use an Identity value for the PK on the table - all h%ll brooke loose for the next hour as the great debate happened live in person. Pity JC wasnt there to back me up (<: Was split between the younger developers who supported the use of the ID column and the older developers and DBAs who use natural keys. Almost a 50//50 split on age lines maybe reflecting different attitutes to design. Took me about 20mins with one of the older guys to explain how the relationship was maintained using Idt IDs as opposed to his staff number. He seemed to have real problems getting the concept. Martin -- _______________________________________________ AccessD mailing list AccessD at databaseadvisors.com http://databaseadvisors.com/mailman/listinfo/accessd Website: http://www.databaseadvisors.com -- _______________________________________________ AccessD mailing list AccessD at databaseadvisors.com http://databaseadvisors.com/mailman/listinfo/accessd Website: http://www.databaseadvisors.com -- _______________________________________________ AccessD mailing list AccessD at databaseadvisors.com http://databaseadvisors.com/mailman/listinfo/accessd Website: http://www.databaseadvisors.com