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Re:We do not use foreign keys (2016) by dragonwriter on Saturday November 09, 2019 @05:16AM (#21490658)
> Sure, yes, of course, who cares?

The stakeholder from whom you got the requirement on which the logical FK constraint is based, for one.

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Re:We do not use foreign keys (2016) by hootbootscoot on Saturday November 09, 2019 @04:02PM (#21494332)
which may not exist.
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Re:We do not use foreign keys (2016) by dragonwriter on Saturday November 09, 2019 @10:05PM (#21496146)
Why would you identify an FK relationship other than requirements?
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