RE: Theory v Practice

3 yrs after ur developers code the VB app, the original team vanishes(they start working on .net .. or maybe java) The new team even after going through the docs and vb application libraries, forget the right joins and insert invalid data/update rows in the master without taking care of the details/ delete some master records, etc.

What next happens at the call center of ur company .... ?

Believe me there would always be a legitimate need (not hack) to correct some data using sql*plus like tools. At that point you would need to depend on RI.

-Mandar

> -----Original Message-----
> From: Craig Healey [mailto:C.Healey_at_hhsuk.com]
> Sent: Wednesday, October 23, 2002 10:45 AM
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> Subject: Theory v Practice
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> The developers working on our new VB app are also responsible for
> setting up the Oracle DB behind it. The app is for an order
> entry/despatch/warehouse system with >5 million customers and >1000
> orders per day. We have nearly 400 tables. They are not planning on
> using primary keys/secondary keys, as they say they will
> handle all the
> constraints via VB.
> I only have a theoretical knowledge of database design, which
> says this
> is very wrong. Is the Oracle system being used as anything
> more than an
> expensive file system? In real world scenarios, is this a common
> practice?
>
> Regards
>
> Craig Healey
>
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