At 09:00 2019-02-25, Ted Roche <tedroche(a)gmail.com> wrote:
>On Mon, Feb 25, 2019 at 11:38 AM Ed Leafe <ed(a)leafe.com> wrote:
>
> > They are presumably being used as PKs for tables representing humans, no?
> > Then the vast majority of potential records would have null values, since
> > most humans are not citizens of the USA.
>
>Ur either Muricans, or your not. ;)
Maybe. I was a "US person" for the purposes of having a
certificate of deposit. It meant US citizen or entitled to work in the USA.
>But seriously, there are some non-citizens with SSNs, and citizens,
>without. So, yeah, Matt's really sorry and promises not to do it again.
Someone should make up a list "Lies Programmers Believe About
Identifying Numbers".
Sincerely,
Gene Wirchenko