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Marcus

Thanks for a excellent article explaining relationship types and how they are implemented in a databases using foreign and primary key constraints on tables.  I am old school and have...

It is my opinion that I was dismissed from a contract because I challenged the boss over a poorly designed database.  He used to be a developer/DBA on the project...

Good, gitmo!

I am not up on all the agile literature but is there any interest in creating the initial application emphasizing both the left and right prinicples equally?

Marcus

I have been programming since 1977, getting into the weeds with the Heathkit educational series on analog and digital technology including machine and assembler programming.  I have also programmed in...

I went back and re-read the original article to make sure my comments have not been off topic.  The title is provocative but missleading.  The opinion is really about using...

I agree that some developers do not understand natural keys.  I have had developers tell me that they can just use the surrogate key to get a specific row.  My...

Hi Nova.  I was loose with the words I chose.  Sorry.   On my last project, the one with no natural unique keys, the end users wanted to have the...

OH is actually an alfa surrogate for Ohio.  And SSN is a semi-arbitrary surrogate key that originally carried some geographic information but not so much any more.  Often businesses have...

I have climbed up on this soap box many times before and cannot resist this time.  I have been a database designer for Oracle and MS SQL Server for decades...