Hrm, why? I can see this being a sensible precaution perhaps if you're using
some sort of shared database, but I'm curious as to why you'd recommend it
otherwise.
While there's not a ton of overhead involved in opening/closing the DB, I
don't see any real compelling reason to do so either. Snappy response time
would in this case outweigh the remote possibility that some other app needs
your DB while you're running.
The only real risk I could see if it your app crashes and the DB is left
open somehow, but that in theory should be taken care of by reset, but even
if it's not, you can take care of it yourself on the next instantiation of
your application.
"seelamneni satya" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote in message
news:62988@palm-dev-forum...
>
> open the database as you need and close the database as soon as possible
> when u finished working with it
>
>
>
> >From: Johnathan Smith <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> >Reply-To: "Palm Developer Forum" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> >To: "Palm Developer Forum" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> >Subject: Database should I keep it open?
> >Date: Thu, 20 Sep 2001 13:19:20 -0700 (PDT)
> >
> >My program uses the database and I would like to hear
> >from palm programmers on if it is better to open the
> >database once the program starts and close it once the
> >program is closing or should I just open the database
> >as I need it and close it right after I am done with
> >it>
> >
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