>>>>>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 >
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>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.

I've had the pleasure of having some correspondence with Gary in the past, and have found him not only to be highly knowledgable, but, simply put, a good guy. As a said, I'm a newbie with SQL Server so even if the book is rudimentary, I'm sure that it'll be money well spent. Frankly, (and I do agree that the SQL server help is great) sometimes it's a little overwhelming trying to digest it all.

Do appreciate the info, however, James.