Business logic layer - what to use?

[Bill Campbell]

On Sat, Jan 24, 2004, Michael Hipp wrote:
>Collins Richey wrote:
>>Where and how is this business logic going to run - on Apache?  If so, PHP 
>>would be a good choice; object oriented but easier to understand (IMO).
>
>The business logic will run on the Linux server atop the Postgresql 
>databases. The gui clients written in c++ will connect to it via 
>network. It isn't web-based.

One of the main reasons to run postgresql is the ability to incorporate the
business rules in stored procedures and triggers so each client doesn't
have to deal with them.  These procedures can be written in several
languages including postgressql's procedural SQL, C, and C++.

Bill
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