• RalphWilson (3/1/2010)


    IMHO, if you must use a GUID for your Identity column (and I will concede that there are times when that is the proper choice 😉 ) then you should make it a Unique Key/Index instead of a PK.

    There's nothing wrong with a GUID primary key, as long as it is PRIMARY KEY NONCLUSTERED

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