On Thu, 29 Dec 2005 10:32, Richard Hosking wrote: > This would be easier I presume that trying to do it all in SQL. However, > one of the criticisms has been that the middleware is too complicated.
Not more complicated per se - at times even easier than implementing it on the backend. Problem is preventing accidental or intentional circumvention of the middleware - the main reason gnumed was supposed to be designed as "smart server - dumb client" was to *safely* allow people writing or modifying user interfaces If it is *possible* to circumvent middleware for the *average* programmer, people *will* do it and data integrity *will* be compromised Alternative concept would have been a middleware with strong authentication requirements between middleware and backend, where *nobody* but the middleware (and the sysop) can actually connect to the backend. Horst _______________________________________________ Gpcg_talk mailing list [email protected] http://ozdocit.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/gpcg_talk
