Re: the obliterate discussion - why dumpfiltering is no valid workaround

Les Mikesell <lesmikesell@gmail.com> writes:
> Erik Huelsmann wrote:
>> I work in a financial institution. Users make mistakes. We correct
>> them, but the original error stays in the database, forever.
>
> What would you do if a user included something in your database that
> would be illegal for you to store or redistribute to anyone else? And
> I doubt if your comparison really comparable in other respects. Can a
> user accidentally include a DVD image in a database update instead of
> a small change?

I think you might be misunderstanding Erik's point.

He's not arguing that it's okay for errors to stay in the database
forever. He's saying that users make mistakes, and that even though
they can correct those mistakes for the future, the original mistake
stays around forever, and that's a *bad* thing. He's on your side :-).
(As am I.)

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Received on Fri Jul 20 22:13:31 2007