Importing a namespace, is simply shorthand, so you don't have to type the
fully qualified name of the class every time. I believe it is only used at
compile time.

"rooster575" <rooster575@hotmail.com> wrote in message
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> I have a namespace in my system with a class of 20-25 public shared
> functions (heavy ones) that I use throughout my application.
>
> My question is, if I import the entire namespace class in the header of
> another page and then use only 2-3 of the shared functions, is this
causing
> a great amount of unneccessary overhead? (These functions are usually
> database queries)
>
>
> ex.
>
> Imports myApplication.myNameSpace.myClass [in header]
>
>
> ...instead of ....
>
>
> thisvar = myNameSpace.myClass.thisFunction(othervar) [in my code]
>
>
> Thanks.
>
>