This is a thread on The Daily WTF that discusses whether or not meaningless primary keys are acceptable in the relational database model.
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Owned by UnkieMidriff - Created on 07/15/2005 - Never edited 07/15/05 :: Article :: Meaningless Primary Keys, Arrogance :: You're wrong, I won't tell you why, but the results will be disastrous. *makes "spooky fingers" gesture* 07/15/05 :: Reference :: (link) :: Meaningless Primary Keys are Teh Evel!!11!  08/15/08 :: Article :: On the proper selection of a primary key :: And of the inconsequential nature of the choice |
