Re: Trying to define Surrogates

Bob Badour wrote:
> erk wrote:
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>> JOG wrote:
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>> Either way, the key would be not an identifier for the print, but
>> derived directly from the print domain. That's different than a
>> surrogate key as normally defined.

I saw the term /intelligent key/ used earlier in this thread and I want to make sure I understand what's meant.

As I've heard the term used, /intelligent keys/ are built up from values that have some sort of recognizable meaning - like a sequence of invoice numbers that start with a year. They're called intelligent because some sort of information is coded into the value.

Is that what you mean? Received on Fri Aug 18 2006 - 01:04:40 CEST