Re: The Practical Benefits of the Relational Model

From: David Cressey <david_at_dcressey.com>
Date: Sat, 21 Sep 2002 20:37:59 GMT
Message-ID: <HM4j9.118$0I3.6861@petpeeve.ziplink.net>

> The front end of the application which is fully defined within the
> RDBMS is a portal to the RDBMS. One small light-footed program
> with absolutely zero application specific code. Consequently, it
> requires zero maintenance when developing using it, because all
> such development, by implicit design, is achieved exclusively by
> harnessing RDBMS stored procedures.

Some people are building systems that use the web browser as the "generic lightweight client".
If the browser includes a JVM, there is a wide range of application specific behavior that can be
loaded "just in time". I see some problems, due to web protocol, but nevertheless...

. Received on Sat Sep 21 2002 - 15:37:59 CDT