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Primary Keys: IDs versus GUIDs
Long-time readers of this blog know that I have an inordinate fondness for GUIDs [https://blog.codinghorror.com/mastering-guids-with-occams-razor/]. Each globally unique ID [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Globally_Unique_Identifier] is like a beautiful snowflake: every one a unique item waiting to be born. Perhaps that's why