>>Hi
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>>In a 3-tier environment, if checking for the presence of empty fields, when a save is called, should the middle-tier validate this, or the presentation-tier?
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>>Thanks
>>Kev
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>I have often wondered how strict a person should be when developing the N-tier and have found answers to my questions like this varies. So I would just put it in the middle tier, that way if a programmer creates a new front end then the code will be there. As we have different people doing the tiers here.

Yeah, OOP is still like most practices, there are many ways to solve a problem, whether it's the right way, is another story.

Thanks
Kev