backend-sql, network hacks

[linas@linas.org]

It's been rumoured that David Merrill said:
> 
> But I think using stored procedures in some places will be
> advantageous - particularly when doing checkpointing, recording the
> audit trail, and that sort of thing. It will be much faster as well as
> more robust and scalable.

Well, if you could explain that, it would be great. I wasn't going to 
tackle those items.

> Consider the possibility that you don't envision table joins and
> stored procedures because you are not used to working with them. A
> little bit of "when your only tool is a hammer, every problem looks
> like a nail" syndrome, perhaps? :-) And I will of course make every
> attempt to do the same, as nobody is immune.

possibly ...

--linas