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From: Rich Shepard <rshepard@appl-ecosys.com>
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Subject: Re: Arrays vs separate tables
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On Mon, 20 Oct 2025, Michał Kłeczek wrote:

> Do you have any means to make sure you didn’t enter the same number for
> two different companies then?

Michal,

Yes. New companies are added one-at-a-time. In the 28 years I've used
postgres I've not had any such issues.

Regards,

Rich