Hey, > You're in for a rough ride...Yep, sure looks like it. ----------- Quadruple all your time estimates, and start by defining EXACTLY what your app has to do, and EXACTLY how much data needs to from A to B to C.-----------Wise words, have already done most of that, it was very tempting to start coding immediatly but I have learnt my lessons well there, never again. > Then start looking for ways to do that efficiently, in theory.Yep, thats how i came to this text database thing, and even this will be used very very VERY sparingly, justfor some (search) select statements and just two tables with a max of 9 fields each... nothing too fancy or impressive. > Plus, make sure the tests prove that your results are correct, as well as fast.Thats the tricky part... :-( > All tests have to run on all sizes of datasets, and only the numbers from 100% have any real meaning.Point taken. > If you start typing any PHP code too soon, you'll regret it quickly.Wise words, but been there...wont happen again (I hope), shooting from the hip is fun...its when the shots dont hit thatthe fun fades really fast. Thanks for the advise.Cheers,Ryan -- PHP General Mailing List (http://www.php.net/) To unsubscribe, visit: http://www.php.net/unsub.php