Re: Is this a good idea?

R. Rajesh Jeba Anbiah wrote: 
sam.s.kong@xxxxxxxxx wrote:

Hi!

I've been programming ASP for 5 years and am now learning PHP.
In ASP, you can use GetRows function which returns 2 by 2 array of
Recordset.
Actually, it's a recommended way in ASP when you access DB as it
disconnects the DB earlier.
Also, it's handy as you can directly access any data in the array
without looping.


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    As many people have pointed out, *never* dump the table data into
array. Fetch the record and immediately get that processed. If you have
any *valid* reason, buffer the data into a very very small (known)
sized array. If using MySQL, use the LIMIT if possible.

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And it's *never* a good idea to give absolutes :-).

There are times when it's better to dump a table into an array - like when you have a lot of processing to do on multiple items and want to release mysql resources.

Also collection classes for abstracting the data. And that's just the beginning.

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