Re: Oracle Takeover Bid of PeopleSoft Falls Through

karthik wrote:

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> True, Oracle ERP does have foreign keys. But do you know why other ERP
> systems may not?. This is because almost any good ERP will implement
> their own data dictionary with respect to foreign keys. Meaning, they
> will enforce the delete rules themselves.
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Which is 100% effective right up to the absolutely inevitable moment when someone connects using any other front-end tool, SQL*Plus, MS Access, VB, ColdFusion, and makes a horrific mess of it all.

And I can't think of a single instance where this has not happened at some point in time.

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