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That is why I said to always send everything back and forth as XML. Do no
use individual parameters.


On Fri, Nov 30, 2012 at 2:10 PM, Nathan Andelin <nandelin@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:

even though you're advocating web services ...


I had to ponder that for while because I wasn't feeling strongly about
"web" services vs. "database" services; One of my mother's oft quoted
phrases was "live and let live". Now, I realize that yes, I would advocate
for web services.

Aside from the security issues of opening up database ports, suppose you
expose a UI similar to an Excel worksheet where users can edit cells, then
"save" their changes. The client needs to send a 2-dimensional array to the
server for processing. I don't see how a stored procedure interface could
accommodate that.

-Nathan

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