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diff --git a/user_guide_src/source/database/results.rst b/user_guide_src/source/database/results.rst index 865345762..d032f734e 100644 --- a/user_guide_src/source/database/results.rst +++ b/user_guide_src/source/database/results.rst @@ -136,6 +136,26 @@ parameter: | **$row = $query->next_row('array')** | **$row = $query->previous_row('array')** +.. note:: all the functions above will load the whole result into memory (prefetching) use unbuffered_row() for processing large result sets. + +unbuffered_row($type) +===================== + +This function returns a single result row without prefetching the whole result in memory as row() does. +If your query has more than one row, it returns the current row and moves the internal data pointer ahead. +The result is returned as $type could be 'object' (default) or 'array' that will return an associative array. + +:: + + $query = $this->db->query("YOUR QUERY"); + + while ($row = $query->unbuffered_row()) + { + echo $row->title; + echo $row->name; + echo $row->body; + } + *********************** Result Helper Functions *********************** |