Re: Help with TOAD

From: Sybrand Bakker <gooiditweg_at_nospam.demon.nl>
Date: Tue, 17 Feb 2004 00:39:33 +0100
Message-ID: <g0l230p7b8f394f3kf4h7h8pq0o7n47t3p_at_4ax.com>


On 16 Feb 2004 22:30:13 +0100, "Peter" <peter_at_ciber> wrote:

>What do you guys mean by "dangerous". Do you mean for example that you can
>directly meddle with the data and maybe destroy its integrity?

Surely you can bypass the application with Toad, as you can with sql*plus. This can be dangerous, because you can do *anything*. However:

You can only destroy it's integrity when there is no integrity in the database (by means of primary and foreign key constraints) in the first place.
Which is the default for almost all commercially developed sw packages, and which is also the default for applications developed by middle-tier believers.

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Sybrand Bakker, Senior Oracle DBA
Received on Tue Feb 17 2004 - 00:39:33 CET

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