Re: Thoughts/documentation on using API to access database?

[Quoted] Check out Headstart (Designer utility) or ISpeed (or whatever name was invented for it now...).
Headstart used to have a "ruleframe" which in fact is just what you describe.
And for good reason, too: all business logic is in that layer, and possibly transaction handling as well.

TracyN wrote:

> My company is looking at using API's to access our Oracle database
> rather than directly hitting the database using the built in functionality of
> forms and reports, which has been our standard up to this point. The
> selling points they are pushing are increased security and reusable code.
>
> I'm skeptical, but willing to take a look. Has anyone had experience
> doing this? Does anyone know where I might find any reference material
> on this? Thanks.
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> Tracy
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Received on Mon Nov 04 2002 - 20:34:23 CET