Data Streaming
Netscape Application Server provides data streaming facilities. Streaming improves performance by allowing users to begin viewing results of requests sooner, rather than waiting until the complete operation has been processed. Application developers can explicitly control what data is streamed or allow the system to provide automatic streaming. Streaming is especially useful for large data sets involving lengthy queries. For example, suppose a user requests a price list containing 10,000 items. The application can process the query and display items to the user as they become available, for example, 40 at a time (or one full page view), rather than waiting to display all 10,000 items only after they have been retrieved from the database. |