>Well, gee, I wish I were a "wunderkind." Do you understand the purpose of the social security number (I'm not asking if you like it)?
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Yes. Its purpose is to force me to pay a tax, the benefits of which I shall in all liklihood never see. Did I get it right?
Well, OK, I get the primary key too -- I was mentally confusing it with a primary index, hence my consternation. Also I was not familiar with the term surrogate as applied to a primary key. So now all has been clarified, and I start the new year a wiser person.
Best wishes to you this NY
regards,
Jim Edgar
Jurix Data Corporation
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