[AccessD] OT: The Great Primary Debate

Me too, Charlotte. Only I'm older.


>From: "Charlotte Foust" <cfoust at infostatsystems.com>
>Reply-To: Access Developers discussion and problem 
>solving<accessd at databaseadvisors.com>
>To: "Access Developers discussion and problem 
>solving"<accessd at databaseadvisors.com>
>Subject: RE: [AccessD] OT: The Great Primary Debate
>Date: Tue, 1 Jun 2004 17:40:48 -0700
>
>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
>
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