# Database design: Meaningful primary keys?

**URL:** https://boards.straightdope.com/t/database-design-meaningful-primary-keys/416281
**Category:** Factual Questions
**Created:** [August 20, 2007, 7:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/database-design-meaningful-primary-keys/416281 "2007-08-20T19:18:30Z")
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### Author: ![EllisDee](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ellisdee/32/4531_2.png) [@EllisDee](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/EllisDee)
#### Post date: [August 22, 2007, 6:33am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/database-design-meaningful-primary-keys/416281/61 "2007-08-22T06:33:45Z")

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[QUOTE=Duckster]  
No, it’s just that in this case locating a cited answer was relatively easy to do. My apologies for any misunderstanding.  
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For my purposes it is moot anyway, since my point about identity theft introducing the possibility of duplicate SSN#s stands.

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