RE: triggers within commit cycles

One good use of triggers is to prevent any updates EXCEPT through your
defined I/O modules.  In a similar vein, triggers can be used to "soften"
the hard crash that results from a referential constraint violation.

> -----Original Message-----
> From: Joe Pluta [SMTP:joepluta@PlutaBrothers.com]
> Sent: Tuesday, August 21, 2001 1:15 PM
> To:   midrange-l@midrange.com
> Subject:      RE: triggers within commit cycles
>
> I suppose.  Don't ask me, I wouldn't use triggers for business rules.  If
> I
> can write a trigger program, I can write an external I/O module.  The only
> reason to use triggers for business rules is so that you can have things
> like DFU and SQL updates as part of your production systems.
>
> You may be able to guess what I think of that.
>
> Joe
>
>
>


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