> Probably still cheaper than trying to impement scalable transactions in higher layers.
Transactions, yes, I totally agree. That's what databases are for: reliably storing and retrieving data. It's where you start doing domain logic that things get tougher, like (and I wish I was joking) calling cross-continent web services from the database and building HTML inside SQL.
Transactions, yes, I totally agree. That's what databases are for: reliably storing and retrieving data. It's where you start doing domain logic that things get tougher, like (and I wish I was joking) calling cross-continent web services from the database and building HTML inside SQL.