From: Jeremy Kemper <jeremy@...>
Date: 2005-10-27T05:11:23+09:00
Subject: Re: Ruby on Rails version of osCommerce in PHP?

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> On 10/26/05, Austin Ziegler <halostatue@gmail.com> wrote:
>> As much as I respect David's work on Rails, he can't be more wrong on
>> this matter -- *unless* you're talking a single-app database. The
>> moment you need more than one application talking to your database,
>> those constraints he considers "wrong" are vital.

As far as I can tell, you have a moot point: David assumes the  
ApplicationDatabase pattern.

Plus, I am sure he could be more wrong-- give him time ;-)


>> There are a number of good reasons to have strong constraint support
>> in the database. I mostly agree with him about putting business logic
>> in the database -- but that's triggers and stored procedures, not
>> constraints. There are, however, times when it is important to have
>> that sort of behaviour available.

There are a number of good reasons for strong typing too.

Especially when there is more than one application working with your  
classes.


On Oct 26, 2005, at 12:46 PM, snacktime wrote:
> Frankly, I trust postgresql more than I do rails to ensure the  
> integrity of
> my data. I'll keep my constraints thank you:)

Guns don't kill, people do?

jeremy
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