Hi Daniel,

That article has one statement that sums it up nicely for me:

"Of course, anything that forces us think carefully about index design is a good thing"

I still think that that is the essence of what Water was getting at.

Cheers,

JimN

>Mark:
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>Point your browser to http://www.bcarter.com/intsurr1.htm for a discussion of the the pros and cons of using surrogate/natural/intelligent keys. I believe most of the UT users think only using surrogate key is a Best Practice but Walter and I certainly do not agree with that statement...
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>Daniel