Re: RM's Canonical database (was: Bob's 'Self-aggrandizing ignorant' Count)
From: Alfredo Novoa <alfredono_at_gmail.com>
Date: 3 Jul 2006 09:40:46 -0700
Message-ID: <1151944846.367933.173320_at_p79g2000cwp.googlegroups.com>
Date: 3 Jul 2006 09:40:46 -0700
Message-ID: <1151944846.367933.173320_at_p79g2000cwp.googlegroups.com>
Hi,
Marshall wrote:
> > In favor of putting a common rule in the DBMS is that it is centralized. The
> > "Once and Only Once", or "DRY" principle suggests that it should be there.
> >
> > Another possibility for a location for such a rule is in a middle tier, where it
> > can also meet the DRY principle.
>
> But then you lose the centralization.
If "middle tier" has the usual meaning then the middle tier IS the
DBMS.
Regards
Alfredo
Received on Mon Jul 03 2006 - 18:40:46 CEST