Posted by Cecil on 12/30/05 20:27

I suspect you're both right. I'm much more of a programmer than a DBA
which is why I like to get opinions on table deign from more
knowledgable people than myself. But I think Tony is right in implying
as a programmer your table design decisions may seem odd when in fact
the "extra key" in a table to a web-app may be a small price to pay for
an efficient and reliable key in a long list of items on a web page, or
even a rich client for that matter.

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