[asterisk-users] Asterisk and Dabatase

[Philipp Kempgen]

Tilghman Lesher schrieb:
> On Sunday 21 December 2008 13:07:05 Philipp Kempgen wrote:
>> Tilghman Lesher schrieb:

>> > The Disconnect command only frees the resources associated with the
>> > connection.  The Clear command is needed to destroy resources associated
>> > with any outstanding query.  Of course, if you get a hangup prior to
>> > completing either of these cleanup commands (and you aren't explicitly
>> > handling those in the "h" extension), you'll get a resource leak.
>>
>> That's why the MySQL functions should either be fixed or removed.
>> They make it too easy to shoot yourself in the foot.
> 
> They do, but they also allow something that I currently do not permit in
> func_odbc:  retrieval and destruction of results and handles by a channel
> other than the one which created them.  So you could plausibly use the
> MYSQL command for something like a serialization operation, whereby
> each channel fetches a row in turn and uses the values therein for a
> coordination procedure of some kind.  I'm not quite sure what the value
> of that is, but it is possible with the current model.
> 
> Like every other powerful utility, you may choose to use the rope to make a
> bridge or a noose.

So if that's a good thing because it is powerful that raises the
question why you don't allow it in func_odbc then.
I guess nobody needs it.


   Philipp Kempgen

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