Hi AJ. Counters are really cool for certain things..
The main benefit (from a high level perspective) is that you don't have to read the record in to find the old value. (and stick a lock on the record to prevent it from changing underneath you). what I use them for is to increment page-views. I just read a log-line in, and can update the rows without having to read it beforehand.. which is nice performance wise. On Jun 10, 2011, at 2:18 PM, AJ wrote: > I can't find any that gives an overview of their purpose/benefits/etc, only > how to code them. I can only guess that they are more efficient for some > reason but don't know exactly why or exactly what conditions I would choose > to use them over a regular column. > > Thanks!
