Re: views on views on views
- From: Jared Still <jkstill@xxxxxxxxx>
- To: ltiu@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
- Date: Thu, 26 Mar 2009 15:44:38 -0700
On Thu, Mar 26, 2009 at 3:36 PM, Lyndon Tiu <ltiu@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> But it depends how big your DB is and how much data is being retrieved by
> the application at a time.
>
> Most databases are not that big and the application does not need the whole
> database to calculate some number. If that's the case, then we do not
> require all these DB features. Using these just makes more trouble that it
> is trying to solve.
>
> The DB I am talking about is not big and the application does not retrieve
> the whole database to make some really complex calculation. So getting rid
> of those views on views on views ... and moving to the application was a
> justifiable step to reduce complexity and blood boiling. Some disagree, yes.
> But that's how it is and it seems to work.
>
Everything can be abused.
An educated and reasonable use of views, and of any
other feature, makes for robust and scalable applications.
Jared
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