Unsolicited database thought of the day: "key" is a bad name, because it is not unlocking anything. Should be something like ID, name, etc.
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Replying to @cmuratori
@cmuratori Key is probably used because a specific cell holding a value is addressable by a single key;ids and names don’t denote uniqueness2 replies 0 retweets 0 likes -
Replying to @markpapadakis
@markpapadakis "Keys" in databases are not unique either. You are thinking, perhaps, of what they typically call a "primary key".1 reply 0 retweets 0 likes -
Replying to @cmuratori
@cmuratori Are you talking about secondary indices perhaps? Because they are in turn mapped to primary keys and primary keys=>value1 reply 0 retweets 0 likes -
Replying to @markpapadakis
@markpapadakis No, I'm just talking about "keys". Things are often called keys even if their only purpose is to sort data non-uniquely.2 replies 0 retweets 0 likes
@markpapadakis For example, see http://docs.aws.amazon.com/redshift/latest/dg/t_Sorting_data.html ….
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