> Speaking of embedding...  Here's an interesting
> idea:  As many of you
> know, there are specialized languages in RDBMS
> servers for defining
> stored procedures, triggers, constraints, etc...
> wouldn't it be
> nice if that language was ruby?  That is, ruby built
> into the
> RDBMS?  The nice thing is that all of your apps
> would automatically
> have to adhere to whatever rules you have
> instituted, but you don't
> have to build it into each app.
> 

It would probably be interesting to see what Oracle is
doing with Java.  From what I hear, they are moving
heavily in the direction of embedded Java for everything.

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