Re: Re: mysql and unbuffered queries

From: Date: Mon, 07 May 2001 10:53:55 +0000
Subject: Re: Re: mysql and unbuffered queries
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At 13:07 7/5/2001, Jani Taskinen wrote:
Second question is: What is the use of mysql_query() function anymore then? Why not just exchange mysql_query() with mysql_unbuffered_query() ? You didn't say anything about any disadvantages on using it. :)
Well there are some advantages: - In smaller queries (that is, smaller result sets), mysql_query() is probably considerably faster - You can't use mysql_num_rows() on an unbuffered query result Zeev

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