On Mon, Nov 10, 2008 at 8:55 AM, <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > >> I've found that I don't mind a few well organized database calls per >> page for the information I need. > > Opening up a database connection is very expensive. > > Sending one more simple / fast query is dirt cheap. > > Time it on your system with http://php.net/microtime and see. > >
Perhaps, but the examples I usually find when cleaning up code are of the variety where a script executes one statement to find a list of parent records, iterates through those records and inside the loop it executes another statement (sometimes multiple statements!) to get the details, update records, etc. Andrew -- PHP General Mailing List (http://www.php.net/) To unsubscribe, visit: http://www.php.net/unsub.php
