RE: Theory v Practice

From: Karniotis, Stephen <Stephen_Karniotis_at_compuware.com>
Date: Wed, 23 Oct 2002 11:06:37 -0800
Message-ID: <F001.004F18C5.20021023110637@fatcity.com>

Oops, for got Ladies on my last email. Rachel definitely has some good opinions on this.

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Stephen P. Karniotis
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 -----Original Message-----
Sent:	Wednesday, October 23, 2002 2:39 PM
To:	Multiple recipients of list ORACLE-L
Subject:	Re: Theory v Practice

it's not common and you should insist on primary and foreign key constraints.

all you need is ONE user to hack into the database outside the app and insert/delete/update rows that violate the integrity constraints and your app stops working.

• Craig Healey <C.Healey_at_hhsuk.com> wrote:
  > The developers working on our new VB app are also responsible for
  > setting up the Oracle DB behind it. The app is for an order
  > entry/despatch/warehouse system with >5 million customers and >1000
  > orders per day. We have nearly 400 tables. They are not planning on
  > using primary keys/secondary keys, as they say they will handle all
  > the
  > constraints via VB.
  > I only have a theoretical knowledge of database design, which says
  > this
  > is very wrong. Is the Oracle system being used as anything more than
  > an
  > expensive file system? In real world scenarios, is this a common
  > practice?
  >
  > Regards
  >
  > Craig Healey
  >
  >
  >
  

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