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> the logic should go into the main program that reads the config and decides what to do, not left inside config.

SAP has some 3,000 database tables that are all configuration tables. Consultants are paid $200-$250 an hour to do nothing but tweak all these settings.

It sucks that SAP was designed this way but god damn its an easy way to make bank.




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