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David J. Hughes (bambi@Hughes.com.au)
Thu, 8 Apr 1999 17:24:10 +1000 (EST) 

Date: Thu, 8 Apr 1999 17:24:10 +1000 (EST)
From: "David J. Hughes" <bambi@Hughes.com.au>
Subject: Re: Thinking out loud re: w3-msql
Message-ID: <Pine.BSF.3.96.990408172248.469E-100000@fawn.hughes.com.au>

On Thu, 8 Apr 1999, Mitch Shields wrote:

> Great info Bambi, thanks.
>
> That does bring one more question to mind. If blocks of HTML are just stuck
> into an echo, is it more efficient to do all the coding in a w3-msql file as
> script (ie no straight HTML), or is the difference negligable?

It is exactly the same. The parser generates exactly the same code as if
you did it yourself. Using HTML blocks will probably be better (as you'll
use larger chunks resulting in fewer function calls) and is certainly
easier to read and work with.

Bambi
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