May 31, 2014 · One advantage to surrogate keys is that they have no business meaning. Since business meaning can change over time, using a key without business ...

May 29, 2009 · Your best bet is to use numeric (integer) primary keys because they will be much easier for the entire team to work with AND will help your ...

Sep 25, 2023 · Final answer: The primary advantage of a relational database is that it allows for structured and organized storage of data.

Sep 8, 2020 · Relational database is 'all about' identification of data you work with - delete, update and connect with other data. Primary key is special ...

Nov 15, 2019 · One of the advantages of using natural keys is that it can simplify some queries. This is because the data that you want to display is ...

Mar 14, 2001 · Hello, I am from the school of thought that you should in every case have your primary keys as numeric values only.

Aug 29, 2006 · All the Primary Keys were set to a numeric 17(,38,0) column type with identity on. The question is there any impact on performance, DRI, etc.

Jun 13, 2001 · For example, I have a 'address' table that should have a unique address_id for each record. Now, normally, I would configure a column address_id ...