>>I think that Bob L. was saying (at least in my view) that "business rules" go all over the place BUT consideration should be given to things like the (capabilities of) the tools at hand, the other desired/potential uses of that data, and other factors too numerous to mention here.
>>Personally, I seriously doubt that there is an "always right" way to do it.
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>Yep.

Darn. I was hoping for a reference to a "best practice" as the result of this thread.