METHOD:

flush

DESCRIPTION:

Sends the contents of the stream buffer to the associated underlying object.

PROPERTY OF:

ADOStream

SYNTAX:

<oRef>.flush()

<oRef>

The stream object.

DESCRIPTION:

Forces the contents of the stream object remaining in the ADO buffer to the underlying object with which the stream is associated.

This method can be used to send the contents of the stream buffer to the underlying object:

For example, the node or file represented by the URL that is the source of the Stream object.

This method should be called when you want to ensure that all changes that were made to the contents of a stream have been written. 

However, with ADO it is not usually necessary to call flush() method, as ADO continuously flushes its buffer as much as possible in the background. 

For URL sources changes to the content of a stream are made automatically, not cached until Flush is called.

For URL sources closing a stream object with the close() method flushes the contents of a stream automatically.