Re: "We don't do triggers"

Paul <paul_at_not.a.chance.ie> wrote in message news:<MPG.1a484535b56781b8989839_at_news1.eircom.net>...
> n-litchfield_at_audit-commission.gov.uk says...
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> > > I'm on the periphery of a rather large (to me, at least: $10 mil..)
> > > project in which the tech folks flatly say "NO STORED PROCEDURES:
> > > NONE, NOT EVER!".
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> > > There's got to be a reason, but I don't know enough to even guess at it.
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> AFAICS, it's easy. They want to use Oracle + MS SQL Server (+ Sybase +
> <insert RDBMS of your choice>).
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> They can do this with bog-standard SQL + no triggers or stored
> procedures and run any code that they can't run under SQL on the client
> side (or possibly using a 2nd tier in a three-tier model).
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> I worked for a large company that did this - their product ran perfectly
> on Oracle and MS SQL Server (and I am talking millions for an install
> and maintainance contract), but the db had not an SP or trigger in
> sight.
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> Makes sense.
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> Paul...

Apparently stupidity still sells and there are still people like you who subscribe to those 'I was developed in a bike shed' policies. I don't want to be in the shoes of the companies who have suffered from your approach. One can only hope they'll know to find you when it boils down to legal action.

Sybrand Bakker
Senior Oracle DBA Received on Tue Dec 16 2003 - 07:10:52 CST