Assertion: surrogate key | /r/HasAspect | no meaning
Facets:
value: outside the database
type: LOCATION
Source sentences:
text: A natural key differs from a surrogate key which has no meaning outside the database itself and is not based on real-world observation or intended as a statement about the reality being modelled.
text: Surrogate keys are typically not useful when searching for data since they have no meaning.