Re: Philosopical debate about constraints

From: Rick Fahey <rfahey@ca.ibm.com> > >David, > > IMHO, IF the application is coded correctly AND your not concerned >about someone who has update authority (like a DBA) changing your >data outside the App. THEN I would have to say that referential >constraints are a waste of time, disk and CPU, which boils down to >wasted $money$. Bravo. However, that goes straight out the window as soon as someone loads a ODBC driver on their PC. ______________________________________________________ Get Your Private, Free Email at http://www.hotmail.com