>I agree, but IMO, it's better to say that the UI never talks directly to the DAL.
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>>You are right Craig, but the point was the same in that the UI should not be talking directly to data in an nTier application.
>>Thanks for the clarity.
>>Tim


Craig, with all due respect, I don't understand your point. His example was UI - BL - DAL. I was not responding to any other architecture. If the question would have been generic to start with then it would be out of place to inject a specific architecture, but that wasn't the case. At any rate, we are on the same page about it, I just don't understand why we are creating a discrepancy over that. I believe James had the right thought in mind as he posted why it was a conflict for him. So in that light, then I think he got plenty of confirmation.
Tim