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What should the primary key be?
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Visual FoxPro
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Databases,Tables, Views, Indexing and SQL syntax
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00182646
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>We have a cutomer table, and a customer_phone table. The customer has an unique 'account' number. I'd heard that it's "unwise" to use such a field as a primary key, that it's best to create another field for it. Is this true, and why?

I suggest looking at articles on this subject in FPA by Mac Rubel. From what I remember, he went into great detail about what to use and why.

Wayne
Wayne Myers, MCSD
Senior Consultant
Forte' Incorporated
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