On Wed, Jul 24, 2013 at 10:38 AM, Bèrto ëd Sèra <berto.d.s...@gmail.com> wrote:
> What would be the rationale behind the serial number? > The serial key, also named "surrogate key" is there for management purposes. Imagine one day you find out your database design is wrong and what was unique the day before is no more so, how can you find your records? The idea is to have a surrogate key to save you from real world troubles, and then constraints to implement the database design. I usually use this convention: - primary surrogate keys named pk and defined as primary keys - database design keys named _key and defined with a unique constraint. Luca -- Sent via pgsql-sql mailing list (pgsql-sql@postgresql.org) To make changes to your subscription: http://www.postgresql.org/mailpref/pgsql-sql
