An interesting note by Tom regarding APIs in the database.
API's -- all about API's. The applications don't do table level stuff, the apps don't even really *know* about tables. I have a schema. On top of schema we have an API that does the data stuff. In the application we call this API but have our own application logic as well (only application logic is in the application, data logic is -- well, right where it belongs -- next to the data, waiting for the 'next great programming paradigm to come along') [...] Applications -- a dime a dozen. They come, they go, they have programming paradigm of the week. Data -- priceless. Most of it has been here for a long long long time. Most all of it will be here after we are dead.
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