| ▲ | marcosdumay 7 months ago |
| > If one wants to use the natural key Yeah, that's why you shouldn't use natural keys as primary ones. |
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| ▲ | magicalhippo 7 months ago | parent [-] |
| Learned that lesson a bit too late for that. But yea, these days I never use natural keys. |
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| ▲ | marcosdumay 7 months ago | parent [-] | | I really hate that the educational literature says it's an option. Yet everybody knows it's something you should never do, no exceptions. | | |
| ▲ | mycall 7 months ago | parent [-] | | Maintaining old databases is one reason to use natural keys. There are a lot of them in the wild. | | |
| ▲ | marcosdumay 7 months ago | parent [-] | | It's not a valid reason for adding more of them. It's only a reason to be stuck inheriting some. |
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