[wp-hackers] Multiple options vs. one large serialized option

[Ozh]

The only reason I would cut options in 2 sets would be for instance:
- set1 stored with autoload = yes, containing everything that you'll
need on blog pages
- set2 stored with autoload = no, containing everything needed for admin area

Therefore, a smaller set1 would be read on WP init, and you don't mind
adding an extra query when viewing an admin page to fetch set2

But anyway I don't think it's really worth it avoiding to store
everything in one entry.


On Fri, Aug 8, 2008 at 2:04 PM, Viper007Bond <viper at viper007bond.com> wrote:
> I have a plugin (Viper's Video Quicktags) that I'm currently recoding from
> scratch and I'm wondering how I should store my options.
>
> I have a decent set of configuration variables (sizes, colors, etc.) so I
> can't decide if I should store them in one option or break them up a bit
> (like one per video format or something). I'm not storing huge chunks of
> text or anything crazy like that, just small strings and some variables.
>
> So what's the "cutoff" where it becomes more efficient to break it up than
> store it in one big long serialized string in the database? Or is there one?
> It'd be easier for me to store it all in one option, but I'm not sure what
> would be best from a performance standpoint.
>
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