Timeline for Use Views or Write Raw Query?
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| Apr 22, 2015 at 5:50 | comment | added | avpaderno♦ | +1 to this answer. Performance is just one of the things to consider; the Views module has many PROs. | |
| Sep 21, 2012 at 11:38 | comment | added | Citricguy | Side note: upgrade.boombatower.com/tools/sql/inline | |
| Sep 21, 2012 at 2:13 | comment | added | Citricguy | Views isn't always the best tool for the job, especially when you only need PDO layer features. Why add the extra overhead and complexity when it's not required? Views only works properly when it's used properly, just like any other tool. I would likely go with raw queries here as it sounds like the additional views markup and overhead isn't necessary and will be in the way. | |
| Sep 21, 2012 at 1:56 | comment | added | sammarks | Which one would be better for collecting raw data? Views always adds its own additional markup to the scene, and I always have to use a views_get_rendered_fields function in order to try and extract the raw data. | |
| Sep 21, 2012 at 1:02 | history | answered | Citricguy | CC BY-SA 3.0 |