Description: More promises were made and broken, but let's look exclusively at these two, because they are repeated most often. The reason these promises fall flat is that they assume that the database incorporates not only content, but also application logic. While this is theoretically possible with database servers that support stored procedures, few products today offer the ability to write stored procedures that create output in any way that is helpful for someone who wants to focus on design. But many would argue that stored procedures are best used for database maintenance, encapsulation of multitable updates, triggers, and other activities that are decidedly not related to the front-end user interface.
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