Multiple sql accounting queries

[Fajar A. Nugraha]

On Sun, Mar 11, 2012 at 11:05 AM, Joe Holden <lists at rewt.org.uk> wrote:
> Hi guys,
>
> I'm looking into the best way to implement multiple sql queries for
> accounting... what is the "proper" way of doing this (besides evil sql
> magic),

stored procedure works fine.

> can I define another sql instance?

yes, but I wouldn't do that

> How do I go about mapping queries
> to that etc?

If you have two sql instances (e.g. sql1 and sql2) on accounting
section, queries from both of them will be executed. However it's not
atomic. It's possible for example:
- sql1 is executed
- sql2 executed, but it fails (due to some temporary database error)
- accounting section will fail. depending on the setup, the client
would usually resend the acct packet. Or (in detail reader setup) the
same line will be read again.

That could mean sql1 is executed multiple times while sql2 is only
executed once for the same acct packet. Or sql2 not executed at all
(if the db error is persistent).

That's why I'd rather use stored procedure instead.

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Fajar