Looking for white paper or technical paper about surrogate keys

I am trying to locate any kind of a referance concerning the use of Surrogate Key VS Natural keys. Does anybody know of any authorative referance, maybe from Oracle?
Thanks!
Bob

Hi Bob,
Unfortunately we do not have such documentation on our site (http://otn.oracle.com/documentation/index.html).
Please try the Member feedback forum at: Community Feedback (No Product Questions)
You might also consider searching on Metalink, as that site carries most of the available white papers. http://metalink.oracle.com/
Regards,
Les

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