Re: Somewhat OT - Stored Procedures

Richard Quadling wrote:

At a fundamental level, my PHP code isn't concerning itself with any physical data structures. As much as possible my PHP code treats the sql data source as a processor ready to supply data in a standardized form (even hierarchical) and to accept data for storage (again hierarchical). My PHP code knows next to nothing about the table structure (why should it - it isn't a database).

Exactly - separation of concerns, a core principal to learn and apply wherever you can.