Re: [PHP] mySQL overhead: Tweaking Scripts for Speed

2003-09-05 Thread CPT John W. Holmes
From: "Dan Anderson" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > While multiple connections will just return the first connection, anyhow, > > why do the extra work, right? > > Yes that was what I was thinking. But I was also thinking that I would > need to global the $link and $db variables and run mysql_query() w

Re: [PHP] mySQL overhead: Tweaking Scripts for Speed

2003-09-05 Thread Dan Anderson
> While multiple connections will just return the first connection, anyhow, > why do the extra work, right? Yes that was what I was thinking. But I was also thinking that I would need to global the $link and $db variables and run mysql_query() with them in options. So I'm wondering how much work

Re: [PHP] mySQL overhead: Tweaking Scripts for Speed

2003-09-05 Thread CPT John W. Holmes
From: "Dan Anderson" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > But how much overhead is there in: > > $link = mysql_connect($hostname,$username,$password) or die(""); > $db = mysql_select_db($database,$link) or die(""); > > Would it be beneficial to run a single one at the beginning of every > script? Currently I hav

Re: [PHP] mySQL overhead: Tweaking Scripts for Speed

2003-09-05 Thread Chris Shiflett
--- Dan Anderson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > I've figured out that all mySQL queries should use indexed ids for > speed. (For anyone who doesn't know: mySQL indexes fields with ... You can create an index yourself: KEY [index_name] (index_col_name,...) Find more on this page: http://www.mysql

Re: [PHP] mySQL overhead: Tweaking Scripts for Speed

2003-09-05 Thread Chris Sherwood
check this out dan It may help http://www.mysql.com/doc/en/EXPLAIN.html - Original Message - From: "Dan Anderson" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "PHP List" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Friday, September 05, 2003 8:38 AM Subject: [PHP] mySQL overhead: Tweaking Scripts for Speed > I'm trying to