|  | Posted by KJAmbrose on 06/18/06 20:21 
Hopefully this person posted the answer below to the wrong originalquestion, because his answer makes absolutely no sense....
 
 
 
 Cimode wrote:
 > It is a limited scope attempt for correctly implementing UNIQUENESS on
 > all table rows...If you want to understand why it is a *good* practice
 > you need to learn more about rules of relational modeling and
 > especially database design and definition of primary keys...
 > Look for "Introduction to Database Systems" from CJ Date (at Amazon)
 >
 > Hope this helps...
 > CK wrote:
 > > Hi All,
 > > Quick question, I have always heard it best practice to check for exist, if
 > > so, drop, then create the proc. I just wanted to know why that's a best
 > > practice. I am trying to put that theory in place at my work, but they are
 > > asking for a good reason to do this before actually implementing. All I
 > > could think of was that so when you're creating a proc you won't get an
 > > error if the procedure already exists, but doesn't it also have to do with
 > > Compilation and perhaps Execution. Does anyone have a good argument for
 > > doing stored procs this way? All feedback is appreciated.
 > > TIA,
 > > ~CK
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