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  3. October 2015

Re: Elevator speech on DB2 development and web enablement?


I have a very vague idea that moving business logic and development from
COBOL into DB2 as much as possible is a good thing.


The idea is to move data validation and business rules "out of
applications" and "into the DB", meaning that the logic is run in (or
behind) triggers. So "rules" and "business logic" cannot be bypassed. That
ensures DB integrity, and makes the logic more readable and maintainable.

COBOL would actually be a good language for such because it compiles into
native programs and procedures. Some prefer using SQL triggers, which are
transformed into C, which also compiles into programs. Language
environments such as Node.js, PHP, Python, Ruby, MS .Net, and Java are
ill-suited for such.

Applications then just issue DB I/O statements and handle error messages
generated in or behind triggers.

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