On Wed, Feb 15, 2006 at 08:31:17AM +1300, CrazyChris wrote: > We may be at crossed paths... I'm wanting to save the :memory: database to > the session, not the other way round, so that when the 2nd page loads, the > :memory: database can be recreated and available as it was on the last page > load.
What is a "session"? I assume that's some special PHP or Apache feature, but which? How is a "session" implemented really? Inter-process shared memory on Unix? Process-wide memory in a multi-threaded Apache 2.x build? What? Having an in-memory database (or in-memory anything) persist across multiple page hits in a web server is certainly feasible, but for anyone not using the exact same tools as you, you probably want to give more background - basically, provide a mapping between tool-specific jargon like "session", and more widely understood programming terms. > The advantage is that after some time, the session is deleted > automatically by the server and the database goes with it, so short term, > high-intensity data can be stored and queried quickly in :memory: and the > add/edits remain through the entire user experience. I don't see why that is any real advantage. Periodically purging an in-memory database of old values should be rather trivial. > An alternative is to create the :memory: database and populate it from > session data each time, then save back to session on script close. That sounds like a bizarre hack. (But then I don't know what your sessions really are, nor do I really understand your application requirements, so perhaps I am missing something.) -- Andrew Piskorski <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> http://www.piskorski.com/
