Groan! Please tell me that first line should change from "an expert in the past" to "a person who in the past was considered an expert"! :( Pete "Controlling developers is like herding cats." Kevin Loney, Oracle DBA Handbook "Oh no, it's not. It's much harder than that!" Bruce Pihlamae, long-term Oracle DBA -----Original Message----- From: oracle-l-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx [mailto:oracle-l-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of Daniel Fink Sent: Friday, 4 June 2004 1:54 AM To: oracle-l@xxxxxxxxxxxxx Subject: Re: Database programming standards Gosh, this sounds like a rather heated discussion I had with an expert in the past. His position was that the database was for storing data...only for storing data. No RI, no check constraints, no stored procs, no triggers. His argument was that anything related to business rules belonged in the application layer. Other bits stripped... ---------------------------------------------------------------- Please see the official ORACLE-L FAQ: http://www.orafaq.com ---------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe send email to: oracle-l-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx put 'unsubscribe' in the subject line. -- Archives are at //www.freelists.org/archives/oracle-l/ FAQ is at //www.freelists.org/help/fom-serve/cache/1.html -----------------------------------------------------------------