On August 11th, 2006 Mark Matthews (not verified) says:
Sheeri,
Just curious what ORM you're using, since the ones I'm familiar with allow composite primary keys (Hibernate, EJB, JDO). There are quite a few "patterns" out there that do suggest that sometimes surrogate keys are better, but that's usually because someone's picked a poor primary key.
Sheeri, Just curious what
Sheeri,
Just curious what ORM you're using, since the ones I'm familiar with allow composite primary keys (Hibernate, EJB, JDO). There are quite a few "patterns" out there that do suggest that sometimes surrogate keys are better, but that's usually because someone's picked a poor primary key.
-Mark