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Null vs. Zero for Primary Key
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Microsoft SQL Server
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Database design
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Thread ID:
01496573
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>What about an optional mailing address FK?
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>Hi....most (but certainly not all) address tables are normalized in 1-many relationships....
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>e.g. Person (PersonID)
> PersonAddress (PersonAddressID, PersonID, AddressTypeID, AddressLine1, City, etc., StartDate, EndDate, etc.)
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>several variations on this, but you get the drift....
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>So in this case, wouldn't be relevant.

In our database we have separate Address table, Person table and a Link table. Link table also has a type of the address field.
If it's not broken, fix it until it is.


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