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Subject: Re: Lookup tables
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On Tue, 4 Feb 2025, David G. Johnston wrote:

> Most do (have a surrogate PK) since it removes cascading updates and is a
> smaller value.
>
> Lots of alter tables and update queries.

David,

That's a good point.

Thanks,

Rich