Phil Stratford - Wednesday, January 3, 2018 3:47 AM
Yeah, 100%. However, it would require code modification, a new round of testing, and a deployment. Versus, add a row to a table. Not only is referential integrity of this sort good for the data, but it makes for faster & safer changes to your system. Let's not even mention that enforced referential integrity helps query performance (OK, let's mention it).
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