Re: The IDS, the EDS and the DBMS

On Fri, 10 Sep 2004 15:08:00 -0400, "Laconic2" <laconic2_at_comcast.net> wrote:

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>"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).
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>It sound like you're recapitulating Spight's Law.
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>Off topic:
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>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."

Confessing my ignorance: What is Spight's Law? Google hasn't a clue.

Lemming

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