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By Pete Su and Jon Salz. Modified by Roberto Mello.
One of OpenACS's great strengths is that code written for it is @@ -13,13 +8,8 @@ coherent API for database access which makes this even easier.
More detailed information about the DB api is available at -<<<<<<< db-api.html - Database Access API. -
-======= Database Access API.
->>>>>>> 1.48 The OpenACS database API is meant to save developers from making common mistakes and to provide a more structured syntax for specifying database operations, including transactions. Here's @@ -666,13 +656,8 @@ db_dml foo_insert "insert into foo(baz) values(:1)" {[db_nullify_empty_string $baz]}
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The database API allows for direct caching of query results. Repeated calls will -======= -
The database API allows for direct caching of query results. Repeated calls will ->>>>>>> 1.48 return the cached value until it is either explicitly flushed using db_flush_cache, times out (configured the ns_cache is called to create the cache), or another cached query fills the cache, causing older entries to be flushed.