Re: choices regarding where to place code - in the database or middletier

From: Daniel Morgan (damorgan_at_x.washington.edu)
Date: 01/26/04 

Date: Mon, 26 Jan 2004 08:09:47 -0800

Stu Charlton wrote:

> Read the quote again: "I tend to council *against* complete DBMS
> independence."
>
> To me that says "you should use the features of the DBMS you have".
> Which is consistent with Joe's argument: not everything should be
> done in middleware, not everything should be done in the database.

> Cheers
> Stu

You are correct that Joe is not a middleware bigot. Neither am I a
back-end bigot. but I interpret the sentence above that you quote
exactly the same now as I did when I responded to it.

You either fully embrace a software and leverage it for all of its
scalability, security, and performance features or you are leaving money
on the table. The word "complete" has no value. How should it be
interpreted ... Use 78.2% of the features but not all? Maybe only 74.5%.
I know he used the word ... but it provides not a single bit of clarity.
It still translates to "don't take maximum advantage of proprietary
features". 

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