Miller, Terion wrote: > Ok, say you have a database with 16000 records in it, but you only want to > call out say 2000 records at a time as the search/query is performed, then > store the first 2000 in a session and then retrieve the next 2000 etc etc as > a way to minimize server strain? > > (I'm tasked to do this and ....) > 1. don't know what this is called to google it...partioning results/data ??? > > 2. Is there a better way to deal with retrieval of large amounts of data > from a large table without choking the server..... > > 3. Is it possible at all.... > > Basically I need to know what it is I'm looking to do, it's not getting > explained in an understandable way here....which makes google useless.... > > I love my job, I love my job....I love...my job...monday Monday monday > > It's called a bad idea. Instead of doing one query to get your data, you're going to do eight? -- Thanks! -Shawn http://www.spidean.com -- PHP General Mailing List (http://www.php.net/) To unsubscribe, visit: http://www.php.net/unsub.php