Yes ... now I remember why I named the thread the way I named it ...
The advantage of conveying access to the DB via views is that it makes the rest independent of the database, even at the conceptual schema level. Because if you change the conceptual level all (?) you have to do is change the views, the resulting cursors remaining as they are.
Hmm (bis)
Marc
If things have the tendency to go your way, do not worry. It won't last. Jules Renard.