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@@ -83,15 +83,17 @@ Chapter 1. Admin Guide
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1. Overview
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- ALIAS_DB module can be used as an alternative for user aliases via
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+ The ALIAS_DB module can be used as an alternative for user aliases via
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usrloc. The main feature is that it does not store all addiacent data
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- as for user location and always uses database for search (no memory
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- caching).
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-
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- Having no memory caching the speed of search can decrease but the
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- provisioning is easier. With very fast databases like MySQL the speed
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- penalty can be lowered. Also, the search can be performed on different
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- tables in the same script.
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+ as for user location and always uses the database for search (no memory
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+ caching). A common use case is to provide additional user aliases, i.e.
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+ to supplement the registration in the location database. Users are this
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+ way on a proxy reachable with several request URIs.
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+ As the module use no memory caching the lookup is a bit slower but the
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+ data provisioning is easier. With very fast databases like MySQL the
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+ speed penalty can be lowered. Also, the search can be performed on
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+ different tables in the same script.
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2. Dependencies
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