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Re: Browse() vs read() performance in Odoo 8

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RE: Browse() vs read() performance in Odoo 8

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PT. Falinwa Indonesia Jaya, Hans
- 06/11/2014 03:09:31

Hi Fabien,

 

Wow, I just know that browse is better than read,

Actually because I read developer memento (there’s a note that read method is faster that browse), so I always assume that read is faster.

But in practice, I always use browse because it easier to code, and I don’t find any different of performance for it.

 

How about the note that we must avoid use browse method inside looping?

 

 

Thank You.

 

Best Regards,

Hans Yonathan

Odoo Support

FALINWA Limited

Expert in Finance, Information System & Business Intelligence

Odoo Silver Partner

Website: www.falinwa.com

Tel. 13670137019 (China - Shenzhen)

 

From: Fabien Pinckaers [mailto:fp@odoo.com]
Sent: Thursday, November 06, 2014 4:02 PM
To: Community: Framework
Subject: Re: Browse() vs read() performance in Odoo 8

 

Hello,
 
Using read() is a bad practice. read() is used for web-services calls
but in your own method calls you should always use browse(). Not only,
it allows s a better quality of the code, but it's also better for the
performance.
 
- read() calls name_get for many2one fields producing extra SQL queries
  you probably don't need.
- browse() is optimized for prefetching and auto-load of fields.
 
It's true that browse() may load a few fields you do not need (not all).
It prefetches stored fields, because those fields do not costs anything
to load in terms of performance.
 
It's very complex to optimize for performance with read() when the code
is complex (involves loops, other method calls). Whereas, with browse(),
the framework do the optimization job for you.
 
Usually, code implemented with read are often with complexities of O(n)
or O(n²) as soon as there is loops in your methods. But codes written
with browse() are automatically O(1) if browse is called at the
beginning of your computations. (not inside loops)
 
Want a small example? Try this code on res.partner:
 
  for company in self.browse(cr, uid, ids, context=context):
    for people in company.child_ids:
      print company.name, people.country_id.code
 
The above will do 6 SQL queries, whatever the length of ids and number
of people/countries. (if IDS>200, he will split into subqueries)
 
The same code with read(), you will probably end up with 3*len(ids) + 3
queries.
 
 
Long story short: browse() scale, read() not. (even in v7 or preceding
versions)
 
 
On 11/05/2014 11:39 PM, Nicolas SCHMITT wrote:
> Hi all.
> 
> When developing with the API 7, I always prefer the read() instead of
> the browse() method.
> Indeed it seems that a browse fetches all the fields in the table,
> whereas the read fetches only the few it needs (that are passed to
> them), thus resulting in a much faster speed.
> 
> Actually I never really liked it, because it is easier/more intuitive to
> use the browse, and the code is nicer.
> 
> So what about performance issues in Odoo8?
> Is it still recommended to prefer the read() in the API 8?
> 
> It would be a shame, moreover now because the browse() in the new API
> seems so much easier to use.
> 
> Thanks for your hints,
> Cordially,
> Nicolas
> 
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