Monthly Archives: January 2012

The Phantom of the Database – Part 4

At the end of November, I finished the third episode with mild suspense: I suggested that the problem of optimistic “locking” could perhaps be solved in PostgreSQL with something other than extra qualifications, row version numbers or timestamps. Let’s start … Continue reading

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Python Web Frameworks – Application Object

In response to my previous post, someone asked “… what’s the point? How one way is better than the other?” My response was that I’m “not trying to judge these frameworks from the perspective of a developer (at least not … Continue reading

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Business Logic in the Database

Chris Travers recently responded to Tony Marston’s critique of an earlier post where Chris advocated “intelligent databases”1. Chris’ response is well reasoned, particularly his point that once a database is accessed by more than a single application or via third-party … Continue reading

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