Foreign Keys to custom Primary Key caveats in Ruby on Rails
Yes, custom Primary Keys are allowed in Rails but there’s a little more ceremony to get it working fully with Rails model associations
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Extending System.Data.Linq.Table<T> – Exportable Linq2SQL Classes
Wouldn’t this be handy?: