|  | Posted by Ed Murphy on 01/15/07 18:19 
dmarkle wrote:
 > I'm not so sure about this design, though.  In the long run, you may
 > find it to be quite limiting.  I usually recommend against doing
 > auditing on the database level whenever I can -- I prefer to audit the
 > actions that users do in the application layer.
 
 Auditing on the database level may be necessary if you can't alter the
 application, or don't know which part is responsible.
 
 > Not to mention the
 > fact that I think your design will be slow and difficult to query when
 > the time comes to use it.
 
 I don't see anything particularly wrong with the audit table, assuming
 proper indexes.
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