>>>>I am looking more and more at ROWGUIDs for my surrogate PKs, but I am not sure about the performance implications, compared to integer PKs.
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>>>That's a good alternative, Chris. I'm using indentity columns because SQL Server (at least 7.0) does the work of creating the surrogate key for me. Then again, I'm lazy.< bg >
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>>You can set the default of a uniqueidentifier (i.e. GUID) column to NewID(), which generates the GUID for you.
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>Thanks for the heads up, Trey. I'm pretty much a newbie with SQL Server so I haven't learned all the ins and outs.< Heads off to Whil's site to order Gary DeWitt and Chaim's book the the subject >
You will find that the book is much too rudimentary to have any real value. You'd be better off going with something a little more industrial strength.
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