On Wed, Nov 14, 2001 at 12:07:04PM -0800, Bill Adams wrote:
> Man I just cannot stop replying to myself...

I've had days like that, too.
> 
> The most important exception is the mysql_use_result attribute: This
> forces the driver to use mysql_use_result rather than
> mysql_store_result. The former is faster and less memory consuming,
> but tends to block other processes. (That's why mysql_store_result
> is the default.)

What does "block other processes" really mean?  Does it mean "MySQL
will hold the lock longer for the query because of the network I/O" or
something completely different?

Jeremy
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