Create a create_date table with one record, one or two fields, and put the last refreshed time/date in it. If that's expired, refresh Gary Every Sr. UNIX Administrator Ingram Entertainment (615) 287-4876 "Pay It Forward" mailto:gary.every@ingramentertainment.com http://accessingram.com > -----Original Message----- > From: moscow@cix.co.uk [mailto:moscow@cix.co.uk] > Sent: Tuesday, July 08, 2003 10:52 AM > To: php-db@lists.php.net > Subject: HEAP table > > > I have a query that I would have liked to cache, but as it uses > UNIX_TIMESTAMP and has a user variable in it, where cacheing > won't work, I > looked around for another way to do it (it is used to create > a smallish < > 50 records table on each web page, so any speed increase is > worthwhile). > > I decided to go for the creation of a HEAP table, so that > anyone accessing > the site would automatically access it. The existence of the table is > tested for before initial creation by running a select against it and > testing the $result variable. > > This works, as far as it goes, but it will require occasional > updating. > And that's where I've come unstuck. How can I test for the > time/date of > the HEAP table's creation? If I can find that, then I can set > a seconds > value past which it should be dropped and recreated. > > Any ideas? > > Using MySQL 5.0.13, php 4.3.2 (on Windows XP), Apache 1.3 > whatever. This > also has to work on the website proper, using 5.0.13/4.3.1 and IIS5. > > Terry Riley > > > -- > PHP Database Mailing List (http://www.php.net/) > To unsubscribe, visit: http://www.php.net/unsub.php >
