IT Answers » Natural Keys http://itknowledgeexchange.techtarget.com/itanswers Tue, 18 Jun 2013 01:23:38 +0000 en-US hourly 1 Plausability of natural key as primary key http://itknowledgeexchange.techtarget.com/itanswers/plausability-of-natural-key-as-primary-key/ http://itknowledgeexchange.techtarget.com/itanswers/plausability-of-natural-key-as-primary-key/#comments Tue, 31 Mar 2009 12:08:11 +0000 Bdpowell If you have a field in a table that is a natural key and meets all the criteria for a Primary key, is it advisable to use that natural key as your Primary? Or is it a better idea to assign a surrogate key (i.e. autonumber for TrainingProgramID instead of using TrainingProgramName)? Thanks in advance for your help!

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