XPost: microsoft.public.sqlserver.programming   
   From: genew@ocis.net   
      
   On Thu, 14 Jul 2011 15:39:51 -0700, Gene Wirchenko    
   wrote:   
      
   >Dear SQL'ers:   
   >   
   >     Enough playing in the guts.  Now, I need to figure out which   
   >language or language to use for front-end code.  The system being   
   >planned is for a small company, and the system must be easily   
   >modifiable.   
   >   
   >     What are your suggestions, and how does one get strated with your   
   >suggestions?   
   >   
   >My Wish List:   
   >   
   >     I strongly want as much intelligence in the database as possible.   
   >Using the DBMS as merely a filestore is not acceptable.   
   >   
   >     I would like a language that has a good development environment,   
   >including a source-level debugger.  Interpreted code is just fine with   
   >me, but it is not a requirement.   
   >   
   >     It should catch lots of errors.  C's (generally) ignoring of   
   >signed integer overflows is the wrong direction.   
   >   
   >     It should not suffer from architecture astronauts.  Java is a   
   >culprit here.   
   >   
   >     One of the people who will eventually be programming for the   
   >system being planned likes Microsoft Access.  Will it do?   
      
        I forgot the most important point -- fish, water? -- that it   
   should have good and easy forms handling.   
      
   >     So what do you suggest?  What questions am I not asking that I   
   >should?   
      
   Sincerely,   
      
   Gene Wirchenko   
      
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