Re: The wisdom of the object mentors (Was: Searching OO Associations with RDBMS Persistence Models)
Date: 2 Jun 2006 07:51:08 -0700
Message-ID: <1149259868.125841.247460_at_i39g2000cwa.googlegroups.com>
Phlip wrote:
> Guys:
>
> Consider two projects, both with a DBA.
>
> Team A carefully partitions all modules, including the DB-facing ones.
>
> Team B scatters SQL hither and yon.
>
> Now in both teams, the DBA owns all access to the database, and is the only
> one authorized to change its schema.
Okay.
> Team A, however, can sack its DBA any time they feel like, and can easily
> replace the DB-facing modules with some other system.
> Team B's DBA is the lord of all he surveys. He or she has perfect job
> security, and a lot of clout in the team's decisions.
>
> So what's the /real/ motivation for this thread, guys? ;-)
To the best of my knowledge, most of the c.d.t. guys arguing here are application programmers, not DBAs.
Marshall Received on Fri Jun 02 2006 - 16:51:08 CEST