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Re: Surrogate and composite primary keys
Posted by: Peter Brawley
Date: January 24, 2018 08:41PM

You asked why use composite PKs where auto-incs are available. One answer is that
users more easily recognise a FK value if it's a natural key value they're familiar with than if it's a number with no real world significance.

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Eslam Elbyaly
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