Re: The Practical Benefits of the Relational Model

From: Alfredo Novoa <alfredo_at_nospam_ncs.es>
Date: Sat, 31 Aug 2002 23:10:42 GMT
Message-ID: <3d714cd3.1927802@news.wanadoo.es>

On Thu, 29 Aug 2002 21:03:36 +1000, "mountain man" <prfbrown_at_magna.com.au> wrote:

>> >The logic is still "out there" in the Apps, is it not, at this moment in
>> >history?

Yes, it is in the apps, but it is not very good.

>application screens, or the database contraints, triggers, sprocs, etc. My

Triggers are only needed due the limitations of SQL declarative expressivity.

>Some of the organisational intelligence OI has been migrated from the
>Apps environmet into the RDBMS --- no argument about that, but
>in most apps the bulk remains in the app_code, on the client.

Most apps are bad designed.

Regards
Alfredo Received on Sat Aug 31 2002 - 18:10:42 CDT