On Wed, 2002-04-17 at 10:18, Grabowy, Chris wrote: > To simplify my question, if I am creating a STATE table to hold all the > states of the US, should I create it like this...
Chris, We use a state_id field which is a number.Usually you want to use numbers or integers as primary keys, but since my guess is you'll have about 50 rows ;-) I don't think the performance will be to bad if you want to keep the code as a char. Of course that also depends on how hard you think the table will be hit HTH, -Brian -- Please see the official ORACLE-L FAQ: http://www.orafaq.com -- Author: Brian Haas INET: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Fat City Network Services -- (858) 538-5051 FAX: (858) 538-5051 San Diego, California -- Public Internet access / Mailing Lists -------------------------------------------------------------------- To REMOVE yourself from this mailing list, send an E-Mail message to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (note EXACT spelling of 'ListGuru') and in the message BODY, include a line containing: UNSUB ORACLE-L (or the name of mailing list you want to be removed from). You may also send the HELP command for other information (like subscribing).
