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Message Posted: Fri, 02 May 2003 @ 13:24:05 GMT

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Just remember not to confuse Keys with Indices - one's logical, one's physical (apples & teddy bears). If your LOGICAL model requires a surrogate KEY, use it. If your LOGICAL model can use a natural KEY, that's better.

As Jim Judge pointed out, the choice of a PRIMARY INDEX is a major performance consideration, but in theory it has NO relation to the KEY.

Sam Sterling, TCM
Baseline Consulting

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