On 8/28/06, Ruslan Zasukhin <sunshine At public .DOT kherson.ua> wrote:
> Important point. > > * !!! While you develop SERVER product -- AVOID API way. You have read > article about ways in WIKI ? > > You must use SQL way: SQ: commands, Joins, Cursors. Because this way support > record locks.
Yikes! Really? Here's all that I've found in the Wiki:
> The main disadvantage of the Pure API style compared with the SQL > Style of coding arises when working with a remote server. Using the > SQL Style programs send small string-based commands to server and > the remote DBMS can do a lot of work to provide the requested > result. With the API Style developer must obtain and operate on > potentially large intermediate results in the client computer which > can result in the network becoming a significant bottleneck. > > On the other hand, given a fast high-bandwidth network connection > the API Style still can be used quite effectively; especially since > fast modern networks can often be faster than accessing data from a > slower local hard disk drive.
I'd assumed from this that I could use the pure API style as long as I took care to minimize the volume of data transferred. It's true that the server won't cope with record locking if I use the API style?
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