Static V's Public declares

What is the difference, if any, between:

VB Code:

Public Static Function Woof()
Dim lngID           As Long
Dim strUsername     As String
    'Code here
End Function

and

VB Code:

Public Function Woof()
Static lngID        As Long
Static strUsername  As String
    'Code here
End Function

Is there a difference is memory used for storing data, is one more economical than the other, or are they absolutely identical?
They both have EXACTALLY the same end result...

Woka

As I've understood it, they're both exactly the same - I've always used public & not found aneed for the static declaration.

There's always a need for a static declaration :D
Not very often I admit...in fact, today is the 1st time I have ever used it :)
I am using the Static Varible declaration, instead of the Static function one...I was just wondering if they did the same thing in the background...

Woka

I must admit, I would normally use this way in my coding which I guess I should really change :D

VB Code:

Public lngID        As Long
Public strUsername  As String
 
Public Function Woof()
    'Code here
End Function

Can't find any memory comparisons on the net for you, sorry!

Perhaps what it means is, it keeps the last result from the
function in memory no matter what?

From that side, i.e. to understand what a static variable is & it's usage, you can look this up here:

http://msdn.microsoft.com/library/de...fvariables.asp

He's got me interested now in the "what's more efficient/which takes up less memory to use" side of things now, I'd like to know this too...