Comments on: Are Foreign Keys Bad? http://clay.lenharts.net/blog/2007/11/17/are-foreign-keys-bad/ A blog on .Net and SQL Server Tue, 31 Jan 2012 14:44:35 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: Rajiv Narula http://clay.lenharts.net/blog/2007/11/17/are-foreign-keys-bad/comment-page-1/#comment-15330 Rajiv Narula Wed, 24 Dec 2008 21:09:31 +0000 http://clay.lenharts.net/blog/?p=3#comment-15330 Interesting post... Maybe you already know about this... eBay has developed an amazing architecture- where they have no foreign keys, no transactions. Yes, They work on auto commit Google on ebay architecture to read more on this Foreign keys and transactions - according to them- are major impediments on high scalable solutions. Anyways the fact an application like eBay has been able to pull it off- warrants credit . Cheers !!! Interesting post…

Maybe you already know about this…
eBay has developed an amazing architecture- where they have no foreign keys, no transactions.
Yes, They work on auto commit

Google on ebay architecture to read more on this

Foreign keys and transactions – according to them- are major impediments on high scalable solutions.

Anyways the fact an application like eBay has been able to pull it off- warrants credit
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Cheers !!!

]]> By: Mike Simpson http://clay.lenharts.net/blog/2007/11/17/are-foreign-keys-bad/comment-page-1/#comment-4 Mike Simpson Sat, 17 Nov 2007 21:13:54 +0000 http://clay.lenharts.net/blog/?p=3#comment-4 Excellent post Clay! In defense of my proposing removing foreign key constraints, I did state that "To date I have not found it necessary to go to this extreme." Generally I prefer the approach Clay described at the end of his post. But I thought this was a good topic of discussion - it's not something many developers consider in much detail. Excellent post Clay! In defense of my proposing removing foreign key constraints, I did state that “To date I have not found it necessary to go to this extreme.” Generally I prefer the approach Clay described at the end of his post. But I thought this was a good topic of discussion – it’s not something many developers consider in much detail.

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