[plug] Re: Talk for tonight.

[Steve Baker]

William Kenworthy wrote:
> geographical stuff in particular looks neat.  However, I think a
> database should store and retrieve data, being able to query based on
> within/without a circular location is maybe blurring the line a bit too
> much between a database and an application that uses the data and
> probably should be in an overlay.

I disagree.  A query based on a relative geographical position is 
fundamentally no more or less application-centric than a query based on 
something like "gender = 'F'", "invoice_date >= sysdate - 7", etc.  It 
is certainly more useful for particular applications, but I would rather 
run that processing on the DB server (close to the data) than anywhere else.

Regards,
Steve