[Kamailio-Users] [SR-Users] kamailio 3.0 - the time before freezing

[Alex Balashov]

Daniel-Constantin Mierla wrote:

> Just as a different example, sqlops plus some scripting could obsolete 
> most of db-connected modules - auth_db, alias_db, speeddial, uri_db, 
> a.s.o, but doing so is not at all a good decision.

In the case of my implementations, I have to do this quite frequently 
because I do custom integration projects that incorporate specific 
providers' sometimes very esoteric business logic.  The sqlops module 
was one of the best things to ever have happened to Kamailio, and I am 
very thankful for it.

My understanding is that the argument for using a native DB-connected 
module boils down to the fact that most of these modules do some sort of 
in-memory caching and/or buffering of large data sets, and use data 
structures and search algorithms that are appropriate to the nature of 
that data.  So, this results in much faster processing with less 
overhead and, of course, less database load.

I try to use them whenever possible.  But sometimes it is not, which is 
why I am very grateful for the thought that went into creating 
parameters like this:

    http://www.kamailio.org/docs/modules/1.5.x/auth.html#id2505013

-- Alex

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