Posted by JRStern on 06/02/05 04:57

On 1 Jun 2005 03:28:41 -0700, SAN3141@netscape.net wrote:
>There doesn't seem to be consensus about when to put code in the
>database or in the middle tier. There was a long discussion about this
>in an Oracle newsgroup (message ID:
>ULcQb.466$KU5.37@nwrddc02.gnilink.net).

Quite.

Generally, the bulk of such discussion is between people who know only
one tier and are trying to use it for everything.

>IBM DB2 and Oracle are doing the same thing with the .NET CLR. Is this
>a non-issue or are all three companies misguided?

It's nice to have the option, but like with any power tool, if you
don't know what it's for or how to use it, you may hurt yourself and
others.

One can indeed have long discussions about the architectural issues in
theory and practice, but overall, I'd say it's a two steps forward,
one step back. That nets (sic) out to a good thing.

Josh

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