Re: RM's Canonical database (was: Bob's 'Self-aggrandizing ignorant' Count)

On Tue, 04 Jul 2006 22:44:08 -0400, Ron Jeffries <ronjeffries_at_acm.org> wrote:

>On 4 Jul 2006 05:57:54 -0700, "Cimode" <cimode_at_hotmail.com> wrote:
>
>>Define middle tier...(you know the stuff you want to put the business
>>rules into sometimes)...;)
>
>Well, how about this:
>
>The "middle tier" is a common layer of software presenting business objects and
>associated rules, mediating all access to the database, and using which all the
>enterprise's applications are written.

     A DBMS could easily fit that definition, except possibly the last one, and that one is the app language. (You need the app language so that you have a middle.)

>Would that work for you as a working definition?

     No. After all, a DBMS is, by definition, intended to be between the data and the user.

Sincerely,

Gene Wirchenko Received on Wed Jul 05 2006 - 23:07:11 CEST