Alfredo Novoa wrote:
> 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.
I agree. Poorly implemented and incomplete when reinvented outside the
scope of a traditional dbms product, but it becomes the dbms nevertheless.
Received on Mon Jul 03 2006 - 12:28:59 CDT
