>>I agree with you 100% that having identity field as Primary is better and easier to maintain as far as RI. But my tables were designed when I didn't know this concept (it was about 15 years ago). And now to change from USER-type PK to Entity-type PK could involve some work. I am considering it but need to evaluate if I can do it (in time for delivery).
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>Porting tables from VFP to SQL Server also needs some work, didn't it?
That part was the easiest. I mean as far as just creating SQL Server tables and copying the data from VFP to SQL. Now setting primary keys and RI will take a little more time. But I believe the most time intensive is writing the application. Especially since I am trying to do it in .NET :).
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