Like Mike, I didn't see this sooner
I had the displeasure of having lunch with Joe Celko many years ago. It was just me and him. My take away... what an arrogant, horse's a$$.
>Who accepts Celko's opinion as gospel? Even Codd and Date are not on the same page in this matter. Personally I do not see any problem with a generated meaningful key *as* long as you accept it to be absolutely static.
Craig Berntson
MCSD, Microsoft .Net MVP, Grape City Community Influencer