Re: Add a check an a array column

Thomas Kellerer <spam_eater(at)gmx(dot)net> wrote:

> Bret Stern wrote on 08.09.2012 22:18:
>> A better place for validation is in the front-end, before
>> adding/attempting to add data to the db (my opinion).
>> Nice to see there are always other ways though.
>>
>
> I beg to differ: every validation that can be enforced by declarative constraints *should* be checked there.
>
> As a wise man once said: your application won't be the last one to use the data and it won't be the only one.
> And most of the data that is of any interest lives a lot longer than the application(s).
>
> Nowaday it's not uncommon that multiple applications read and write to the same database and in that case you simply
> cannot rely on all of them to validate the data.

Full ack.

Andreas
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