Re: Data Constraints Vs Application Constraints
From: FrankHamersley <FrankHamersleyZat_at_hotmail.com>
Date: Sat, 12 Mar 2005 12:51:17 GMT
Message-ID: <9BBYd.194533$K7.170373_at_news-server.bigpond.net.au>
>><heretic>
>>
>>>>if they code things in the
>>>>client, their app will run against many databases. According to you this
>>>>worked, so I would ask why change it? Technically it may be "wrong" but
>>>>technically they somehow got it working and are a big company, so they
>>>>must be doing something right?
>>>
>>>No, that does not mean that they are doing things right.
>>
>>Dogma now apparently flying in the face of a fat balance sheet.
>>
>></heretic>
>>
>>Cheers,
>>Frank.
Date: Sat, 12 Mar 2005 12:51:17 GMT
Message-ID: <9BBYd.194533$K7.170373_at_news-server.bigpond.net.au>
Kenneth Downs wrote:
> FrankHamersley wrote: >
>><heretic>
>>
>>>>if they code things in the
>>>>client, their app will run against many databases. According to you this
>>>>worked, so I would ask why change it? Technically it may be "wrong" but
>>>>technically they somehow got it working and are a big company, so they
>>>>must be doing something right?
>>>
>>>No, that does not mean that they are doing things right.
>>
>>Dogma now apparently flying in the face of a fat balance sheet.
>>
>></heretic>
>>
>>Cheers,
>>Frank.
> > Perhaps we'll start a heretics church :) But then they'll establish an > orthodoxy and kick us out. >
As Ned said "such is life". That said its not a reason to give up.
Cheers, Frank. Received on Sat Mar 12 2005 - 13:51:17 CET