Stephen Russell wrote: >> Sounds like a stored procedure approach versus just querying tables >> directly. Right? > ------ > > No not at all. A SP is just an object in the db, just like a view or > a maintenance job.
But an object that prevents direct access and can do a multitude of things like you describe in the next paragraph. > > I am speaking of a SEPARATION in access all data from your site. You > pass to this new layer, Web Service, and it does what you want. That > could be posting a transaction to a table or it could be an elaborate > process to determine how much credit should be extended to a new > client. > > Do you see this as a step towards OOP? Your GUI messages your Data > Access or Business Rules to process code to perform what the Message > needs accomplished. I already do that now!!!! N-tier exactly. > > In a security environment you now no longer need a programmer to > change the hard coded UserID/PW needed for this "secure" access to the > db. Now you can have a network engineer make the change in the WS > that runs between the client (Web or Winform, Air, etc ) A lot of > thought is put into this and this is better from design and > maintenance standards today. You do NOT have to test an application > because of a change a developer was supposed to make. When you work > with companies that have these check offs this is a major plus. Sorry...I'm not convinced this is much different than a stored proc that limits a persons access and can do multiple things. -- Mike Babcock, MCP MB Software Solutions, LLC President, Chief Software Architect http://mbsoftwaresolutions.com http://fabmate.com http://twitter.com/mbabcock16 _______________________________________________ Post Messages to: [email protected] Subscription Maintenance: http://leafe.com/mailman/listinfo/profox OT-free version of this list: http://leafe.com/mailman/listinfo/profoxtech Searchable Archive: http://leafe.com/archives/search/profox This message: http://leafe.com/archives/byMID/profox/[email protected] ** All postings, unless explicitly stated otherwise, are the opinions of the author, and do not constitute legal or medical advice. This statement is added to the messages for those lawyers who are too stupid to see the obvious.
