Do You Really Know How To SQL? What Database Engineers Actually Recommend You Should Do.

Senior database engineers advocate keeping SQL separate from application code and preventing direct table access by applications. This approach enhances security, maintainability, and performance. Instead of embedding SQL in code, they recommend using stored procedures and views as intermediaries between applications and data. This separation allows for better control over data access, easier optimization, and improved security by limiting direct table manipulation. While not always followed in practice, these principles can significantly improve database design and application architecture.