[OSM-dev] way 7062297, is this new?

[Ian Dees]

On Wed, Oct 8, 2008 at 9:16 PM, Stefan de Konink <stefan at konink.de> wrote:

>
> It is even my primary key {wayid, k}. If you can explain me how a
> k='name' can ever have a duplicate that is meaningful, please enlighten me.
>

Why do you include the tag's key with the primary key? The only primary key
for a way should be the way's id number. You could also have a geospatial
key for the lat/lon, but it doesn't make sense to have the tag be part of
the database's primary key.
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