Writing Stored Procedures for Microsoft SQL Server

The All Business Logic Camp

The first major camp came about when administrators and developers found out that maintaining all the business logic surrounding an application in the client could be very difficult and time-consuming. This is known as having a fat client. Any change in a fat client results in having to recompile the entire client. Recompiling does not, in and of itself, require much work. The problem is that in order for all users to take advantage of the new client, it must be installed on their computers. For large companies with hundreds or even thousands of PCs, this could pose major logistical problems. This process could be very time-consuming and extremely cost prohibitive. To solve this problem, many developers began to place ...