Avoid Using a Database as an API Integration Point
Posted by: youve been HAACKED,
on 24 Apr 2007 |
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Before I begin, I should clarify what I mean by using a database as an API integration point. In another life in a distant galaxy far far away, I worked on a project in which we needed to integrate a partners system with our system. The method of integration required that when a particular event occurred, they would write some data to a particular table in our database, which would then fire a trigger to perform whatever actions were necessary on our side (vague enough for ya?). In this case, the...