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Re:PHP is the new JavaScript? by wvenable on Friday September 06, 2024 @05:37PM (#41469909)
Composite keys are fine as long as all the key columns are surrogate keys.
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Re:PHP is the new JavaScript? by SoftTalker on Friday September 06, 2024 @10:42PM (#41471156)
High bridges without guardrails are fine as long as you don't fall off.
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Re:PHP is the new JavaScript? by wvenable on Friday September 06, 2024 @11:02PM (#41471212)
Using composite keys can help prevent you from representing invalid states in the database or in your application. They can be guardrails.
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