X-Original-To: pgsql-sql-postgresql.org@localhost.postgresql.org Received: from localhost (unknown [200.46.204.144]) by svr1.postgresql.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id EF255D1B2A4 for ; Tue, 27 Jul 2004 04:39:01 -0300 (ADT) Received: from svr1.postgresql.org ([200.46.204.71]) by localhost (av.hub.org [200.46.204.144]) (amavisd-new, port 10024) with ESMTP id 54709-07 for ; Tue, 27 Jul 2004 07:38:58 +0000 (GMT) Received: from sharp.noc24x7.com (unknown [69.56.128.138]) by svr1.postgresql.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id CF52DD1B1B9 for ; Tue, 27 Jul 2004 04:38:57 -0300 (ADT) Received: from [61.1.218.200] (helo=thenilgiris.com) by sharp.noc24x7.com with asmtp (Exim 4.34) id 1BpMY4-0000LS-89; Tue, 27 Jul 2004 13:08:59 +0530 Received: from localhost (localhost [[UNIX: localhost]]) by thenilgiris.com (8.11.2/8.11.2) id i6R63pm15976; Tue, 27 Jul 2004 11:33:51 +0530 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" From: Kenneth Gonsalves To: Karsten Hilbert , pgsql-sql@postgresql.org Subject: Re: surrogate key or not? Date: Tue, 27 Jul 2004 11:33:50 +0530 X-Mailer: KMail [version 1.2] References: <1090325769.3241.27.camel@dicaprio.akademie1.de> <002801c472fc$be62af40$7201a8c0@mst1x5r347kymb> <20040726223441.T699@hermes.hilbert.loc> In-Reply-To: <20040726223441.T699@hermes.hilbert.loc> MIME-Version: 1.0 Message-Id: <04072711335024.01150@thenilgiris.com> Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit X-AntiAbuse: This header was added to track abuse, please include it with any abuse report X-AntiAbuse: Primary Hostname - sharp.noc24x7.com X-AntiAbuse: Original Domain - postgresql.org X-AntiAbuse: Originator/Caller UID/GID - [47 12] / [47 12] X-AntiAbuse: Sender Address Domain - thenilgiris.com X-Source: X-Source-Args: X-Source-Dir: X-Virus-Scanned: by amavisd-new at hub.org X-Spam-Status: No, hits=0.0 tagged_above=0.0 required=5.0 tests= X-Spam-Level: X-Archive-Number: 200407/231 X-Sequence-Number: 18483 On Tuesday 27 July 2004 02:04 am, Karsten Hilbert wrote: > One thing we ARE looking for in our records is the ability to > find groups of patients by arbitrary criteria since one day > I'll have to find all my patients whose father took a statine, > whose second-born child suffered a bout of neutropenia 2 weeks > after birth and who started being on the pill at age 14. > Because they'll have a 3fold increased risk of lung embolus. > Unless monitored for clotting factors every 6 months. Which I > will have to do from now on. Get my point ? :-) couldnt you do something like, let them write the 'long flaky text', and at the same time mark a certain number of key words or key phrases which could be stored and retrieved? -- regards kg http://www.onlineindianhotels.net - hotel bookings reservations in over 4600 hotels in India http://www.ootygolfclub.org