Re: choices regarding where to place code - in the database or middletier

From: Alfredo Novoa <alfredo_at_ncs.es>
Date: 26 Jan 2004 09:07:47 -0800
Message-ID: <e4330f45.0401260907.693fbb55@posting.google.com>

Joe Weinstein <joeNOSPAM_at_bea.com> wrote in message

> Well, I actually want thin clients, but from DBMS perspective, the application
> server is not a thin client.

Indeed, from DBMS perspective the application server is a logical DBMS.

> a day for each user. A current state-of-the-art application would have a generic
> browser as one of it's clients, and in such a case, the middle tier is ideal for
> caching the list of the countries in Europe, and making is available to all
> clients

The DBMS is the ideal place, middlewares are simply a part of a distributed DBMS.

Regards
Alfredo Received on Mon Jan 26 2004 - 11:07:47 CST