For example, there are IT functions that should not be exposed as services.

例如，有些IT功能不应该作为服务公开。

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However, they should be true functions, not simply arbitrary methods.

不过必须是真正的函数，而不是随意的方法。

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Ideally, you should be using these functions to do string manipulations better and pushing more application logic into the SQL layer, rather than implementing the same logic in your application.

理想情况下，应该使用这些函数更好地执行字符串操作，将更多的应用程序逻辑植入sql层而不是在应用程序中实现这些逻辑。

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With fewer councils there should be fewer back-office functions and therefore more money for the frontline, so the argument goes.

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The bank suggests that Beijing dissolve the Ministry of Railways, and replace it by setting up various railway companies to run the giant network, while the policy-making functions should be transferred to a new bureau under the Ministry of Transport.

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Liberal Democrat MP Evan Harris suggested religious organisations carrying out public welfare functions should be gradually replaced with "secular-governed" agencies.

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