>>No, the BR should not directly call into the database. If it needs additional data in the rule, it should call the data object, which then accesses the data and returns the result.
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>So is it ok for the BO and the BR to have connections to data-objects?
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Yes...they just don't connect directly to the data.
Craig Berntson
MCSD, Microsoft .Net MVP, Grape City Community Influencer