From: | "Raymond O'Donnell" <rod(at)iol(dot)ie> |
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To: | "Theodore H(dot) Smith" <delete(at)elfdata(dot)com>, pgsql-general(at)postgresql(dot)org |
Subject: | Re: Why can't I connect to postgres? |
Date: | 2006-07-24 17:28:12 |
Message-ID: | 44C5113C.19483.80B017@rod.iol.ie |
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On 24 Jul 2006 at 17:57, Theodore H. Smith wrote:
> Say for example, I want to do something to the database, can I just
> say something like DataBasePleaseTryRegisterUser( "name", "details",
> "serial", "etc" ); where DataBasePleaseTryRegisterUser would be some
> kind of function stored in the database itself?
>
> Or should I put the logic into my perl files? And treat the database
> as just that, a blind database which can store invalid data.
You can do either. I suppose which you go for depends on what you
want your application to do - For example, I frequently have to log
all changes to the data, in which case I find it best to write a
function which doe the logging and then call that function from
within other functions that do the updates - this way the log is
written within the same transaction as the update, with the resulting
peace of mind a major benefit!
--Ray.
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Raymond O'Donnell
Director of Music, Galway Cathedral, Galway, Ireland
rod(at)iol(dot)ie
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