On Tuesday 14 May 2002 01:36, Chris Knipe wrote: > Hmmmm..... > > There's no way to do it *without* having to submit two queries to the > database? I'm thinking load wise here..... The query (or block), would be > displayed on every single page in my app - sort of like a shared border > type thing... > > Now, when I have say, 20 pages in the site, 250 concurrent users (or active > sessions) on the site - which, can happy very quickly - the load on the > database is going to be -very- high.... So I'm kind of looking for a way > how I can do this, with as few queries as possible, to put as little stress > on the database as I can... > > But yes, if there is no otherway to do it, then I guess this would have to > do....
It's just a matter of structuring your code properly. Separate code from HTML. Have your regular while-loop reading all the results into an array. If array is not empty then print your stuff out, otherwise don't print anything. -- Jason Wong -> Gremlins Associates -> www.gremlins.com.hk Open Source Software Systems Integrators * Web Design & Hosting * Internet & Intranet Applications Development * /* "Virtual" means never knowing where your next byte is coming from. */ -- PHP General Mailing List (http://www.php.net/) To unsubscribe, visit: http://www.php.net/unsub.php