Forum ‹ BigDB ‹ On storing levels in the DB

[Vania]

I will be storing levels as ByteArrays in the DB.

If I store a level as a ByteArray, load it from the server, change just a couple of bytes and save it again,
only the difference will be uploaded right?

[dreamora]

Would be interested to know that too though I would assume that the whole byte array is sent as the updating liekly checks if the object for this specific key changed, not if a bit 17 changed or alike.

[Henrik]

Difference check is per property in the DatabaseObject, so no, the whole bytearray will be sent.

[Vania]

Ouch... I'll ask Benjaminsen how he implemented the level loading and updating in EverybodyEdits then.
Thanks.

[whitershores]

Difference check is per property in the DatabaseObject, so no, the whole bytearray will be sent.

a quick question: does the 'difference check' optimisation work for loading as well as saving?

IE if my flash client periodically reloads the same DataBaseObject to check for changes, would that only download the changed properties or the full DatabaseObject each time ?

[Henrik]

No, loading loads the entire object.