RE: RE: Using procedures instead of coding update/insert

I would also add that since stored procedures are "stored" in the database, they are backed up in the database as well. This has saved me a few times...

Jim

tday6_at_csc.com wrote:

>So what is the basis for the case by case judgement. I'm not being flip -
>I really want to know.
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>From the discussion so far it appears that the pros for PL/SQL procedures
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> Uniform access method to the database for all applications
> Processing done on the more robust server machine
> Less impact on the SGA
> Ease of maintenance
> "Loosely couples" the application to the database in that database
> changes only impact the procedures, not the code
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>The pros for prepared statements is that you can do array binds (which give
>better performance).
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>Anything else? I'll be the first to admit that PL/SQL development is my
>short suit.
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>The reason for that is the fact that with prepared statements you
>can do array binds while that isn't possible with the stored procedures.
>I don't like this kind of comparisons. I judge on case by case basis.
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>We have done some preliminary testing and found prepared statements about
>20% faster than stored procedures. We inserted 200,000 records at a time
>(28-50 columns in a table ) using stored procedures and then used prepared
>statements for the same dataset. Both of them were called from java using
>JDBC thin drivers and interestingly found prepared statements faster.
>Similarly, deletes were also about 15%-20% faster using prepared
>statements.
>For some reasons, updates to the same tables gave almost identical
>performance.
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>Rakesh
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