Dmitry,

Should'nt that be part of the DataLayer?

Dennis


>Dennis,
>
>I don't know if it is right or wrong but my BO is designed to do one more thing (in addition to validation). BO creates a bunch of index tags for the cursor that DA retrieves from the database.
>
>
>>Craig,
>>
>>Thanks for your input. So, what's left for the BO to do? Just validation?
>>
>>Dennis
>>
>>
>>>Locking, record creation, and saving are the responsibility of the Data layer. The business layer should have no knowledge of how to actually do any data access.
>>>
>>>
>>>>Craig,
>>>>
>>>>What would be a typical set of responsibilities usually assigned to the BIZ OBJECT? What I put in mine are the following:
>>>>
>>>>- validation (the business rules) - this
>>>>- record movement
>>>>- record creation
>>>>- locking (for native tables)
>>>>- saving
>>>>- undoing
>>>>
>>>>Thanks in advance.
>>>>
>>>>Dennis