Pushing logic in your database can be a blessing or a curse. While these techniques aren't appropriate for most users in most situations, it's good to know what kind of power you have at your disposal with PL/Python if the need ever arises.

Learn about how to: - Use triggers to off load data processing tasks - Fire off email and log alerts based on what is happening in your tables - Create more granular and detailed constraints such as verifying email address or credit card checksums at the database level - Replace batch jobs with in database triggers - Learn when and when NOT to use these techniques - Debugging techniques - Security concerns