Re: The IDS, the EDS and the DBMS

From: Laconic2 <laconic2_at_comcast.net>
Date: Fri, 10 Sep 2004 15:08:00 -0400
Message-ID: <Sb2dnVO-b74pZtzcRVn-tQ@comcast.com>

"erk" <eric.kaun_at_pnc.com> wrote in message news:2dd98723e63cfde7201c50f8a338549a_at_localhost.talkaboutdatabases.com...
> The trouble that I see is that one ends up adding more and more "O-O" code
> which replicates capabilities already provided by the DBMS query facility.
> Some of that deals with the database per se (e.g. reading and writing
> data), and some of it deals with data internal to the application (e.g.
> finding "objects" that meet certain criteria).

It sound like you're recapitulating Spight's Law.

Off topic:

I'm so envious of Spight having a law with his name that I'm forced to invent the Laconic Law:
"If you think you're not ignorant, then you are." Received on Fri Sep 10 2004 - 14:08:00 CDT