DWUTKA at marlow.com
DWUTKA at marlow.com
Thu Jun 3 11:02:00 CDT 2004
What do you think the cut off is for understanding a lookup field? 55? Drew -----Original Message----- From: accessd-bounces at databaseadvisors.com [mailto:accessd-bounces at databaseadvisors.com]On Behalf Of jwcolby Sent: Thursday, June 03, 2004 10:46 AM To: 'Access Developers discussion and problem solving' Subject: RE: [AccessD] OT: The Great Primary Debate LOL. Always the troublemaker. You do realize if an old-style developer can't understand a surrogate key, they SURE won't understand a lookup attached to the FK right in the table design. John W. Colby www.ColbyConsulting.com -----Original Message----- From: accessd-bounces at databaseadvisors.com [mailto:accessd-bounces at databaseadvisors.com] On Behalf Of DWUTKA at marlow.com Sent: Thursday, June 03, 2004 11:12 AM To: accessd at databaseadvisors.com Subject: RE: [AccessD] OT: The Great Primary Debate Well, if you use a lookup field with foriegn keys, you can 'see' also! <VBG> (Just had to toss that into the mix). Drew -----Original Message----- From: accessd-bounces at databaseadvisors.com [mailto:accessd-bounces at databaseadvisors.com]On Behalf Of jwcolby Sent: Wednesday, June 02, 2004 4:15 PM To: 'Access Developers discussion and problem solving' Subject: RE: [AccessD] OT: The Great Primary Debate Yea, I tend to agree with you. In fact during the great debate that was one of the "arguments" for using natural keys... What if ... I can always look at the data and see... John W. Colby www.ColbyConsulting.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