Or maybe just bad practice. Thought before I go any
further I'll ask.  

I have a few static tables that list out "items" and
the primary key is an "assigned" ID.  Meaning I did
not set auto-increment.  As I add items I will add the
associated ID number.

Now to the transactional tables.  While the label has
the item listed in the form, it gets inserted into the
table with the ID number.  To illustrate:

Static_Table
ID      Value
1       United
2       Jet Blue
3       Southwest
4       American

Dynamic_Table
MemberID        Airline_Pref
200               1
201               4
202               3
203               4
204               1

Pros cons dangers advantages comments ?

Thank you
Stuart

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