AW: Difference between revdb_connect and revOpenDatabases ?

[Tiemo Hollmann TB]

Thanks Jan for your explanations
Tiemo

> -----Ursprüngliche Nachricht-----
> Von: use-revolution-bounces at lists.runrev.com [mailto:use-revolution-
> bounces at lists.runrev.com] Im Auftrag von Jan Schenkel
> Gesendet: Freitag, 25. Mai 2007 12:13
> An: How to use Revolution
> Betreff: Re: Difference between revdb_connect and revOpenDatabases ?
> 
> --- Tiemo Hollmann TB <toolbook at kestner.de> wrote:
> > Hello,
> >
> > I want to use with 2.8.1 the now integrated sqlite
> > db and stumbled over two
> > different sets of db functions. The first one start
> > with revdb_, like
> > revdb_connect and the other ones have names like
> > revOpenDatabases. I have
> > found examples for both, but probably one is "old
> > fashioned" and one is new
> > and for the future? Can someone explain the
> > difference ( concerning the use
> > of sqlite) and which set of functions is the "state
> > of the art" using rev
> > today?
> >
> > Thanks for any explanation
> >
> > Tiemo
> >
> 
> Hi Tiemo,
> 
> Originally, there were only the 'revdb_' commands and
> functions. In Revolution 2.0, a number of synonyms
> were added to make them easier to recognize and
> understand.
> The good news is that they're interchangeable: for
> instance, if you have a database connection opened
> with 'revdb_connect', you can use this connection ID
> with the 'revDataFromQuery' function. The same goes
> for all functions and commands that have to do with
> cursors.
> The not-so-good news is that this can cause some
> confusion, as users aren't quite sure if one set is
> deprecated and will go away in the future. And there
> are some subtle differences where the 'revdb_' syntax
> is a function, but the 'revXYZ' syntax is a command.
> 
> Personally, I still use the 'revdb_' set as I find it
> easier to recognize that I'm doing something with the
> database library external.
> Maybe someday we'll get a proper namespacing feature
> in the language and then there will be less confusion
> - or just different confusion, as the case may be ;-)
> 
> Hope this helped,
> 
> Jan Schenkel.
> 
> Quartam Reports for Revolution
> <http://www.quartam.com>
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