Re: [PHP-DB] Combing PDO with mysql_pconnect connections in one application -- will this degrade performance?

[email protected] (Lester Caine)
Newsgroups php.db
Message-ID <[email protected]>
Sara Leavitt wrote:
> So I can see that using two connections for updating might get out of 
> synch; however, mixing the connections should be OK for a series of 
> SELECT queries on the read-only side of the application, right?

Yes  - if you are only reading already stored data there should not be a problem.

> -Sara
> 
> Lester Caine wrote:
>> Sara Leavitt wrote:
>>> Hi Lester,
>>>
>>> Our application is not using php transactions (e.g., COMMIT, ROLLBACK 
>>> etc.), so I think we are safe there.  Are you saying that even if 
>>> both the mysql_pconnect  and PDO connection are persistent that they 
>>> will be completely separate?  (Havn't had a chance to test this 
>>> empirically just yet.)
>>
>> Yes ... I'm not totally sure about how MySQL works by default, but 
>> having 'committed' data on one connection, one would need to refresh 
>> the other connection possibly to see that data. Firebird is a lot more 
>> manageable on transaction control, and basically data entered on on 
>> connection will not be visible on the other until properly committed. 
>> Having that activity hidden in the drivers can lead to a little 
>> 'confusion' as to what state data is actually in ....
>>
>> Even just opening two connections via the MySQL driver will have the 
>> same effect.

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