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#1 2009-01-20 16:15:01

jsoo

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safe_rows() vs. safe_rows_start()

Any reason to use safe_rows_start() in preference to safe_rows()? As far as I can tell they’re the same except the latter also goes through mysql_free_result(). Is it a question of performance, i.e. only use safe_rows() where you expect very large sets of records? Or is it more a case of six of one, half a dozen of the other? Why have both functions?

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#2 2009-01-20 16:35:00

ruud

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Re: safe_rows() vs. safe_rows_start()

safe_rows_start returns a link identfier (and is typically used in combination with the nextRow function), while safe_rows returns an associative array. Quite different.

#3 2009-01-20 16:38:44

jsoo

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Re: safe_rows() vs. safe_rows_start()

Once again, thanks for the helpful explanation. Gotta pay closer attention…

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