>One of my defects in moving to OOP has been in applying my knowledge of procedural coding and, I think, relational database design to OOD. I think this has seriously interfered with my grasp of n-Tier development. It's hard to separate the data from the application, IOW.
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Mine, too. I also think many of us have that inclination as well. All part of the learning curve, lack of total understanding, adjusting to something new and emerging, and some laziness thrown in for good (bad?) measure.