Unsolicited database thought of the day: "key" is a bad name, because it is not unlocking anything. Should be something like ID, name, etc.
@markpapadakis "Keys" in databases are not unique either. You are thinking, perhaps, of what they typically call a "primary key".
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@cmuratori Are you talking about secondary indices perhaps? Because they are in turn mapped to primary keys and primary keys=>value -
@markpapadakis No, I'm just talking about "keys". Things are often called keys even if their only purpose is to sort data non-uniquely. - Show replies
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