asterisk users - May 2005 - Realtime and Asterisk Database

I've read on the wiki that the Asterisk Database is mainly (or only) 
used for manipulating the dial plan (e.g. extensions.conf). I know that 
RealTime can be used for much more than that (i.e. sip.conf, iax.conf, 
etc).

My question is: if I had two management applications, one that uses 
RealTime and one that uses Asterisk Database, and all I wanted is to 
manipulate the dial plan, which would be more efficient/recommended to 
use - RealTime or Asterisk Database?

Thanks,
Daniel

Daniel Salama wrote:
> I've read on the wiki that the Asterisk Database is mainly (or only)
> used for manipulating the dial plan (e.g. extensions.conf). I know
> that RealTime can be used for much more than that (i.e. sip.conf,
> iax.conf, etc).
> 
> My question is: if I had two management applications, one that uses
> RealTime and one that uses Asterisk Database, and all I wanted is to
> manipulate the dial plan, which would be more efficient/recommended to
> use - RealTime or Asterisk Database?
> 
> Thanks,
> Daniel
Its easier to manipulate the external database. IMHO...

-Matthew