I like this idea of longer sleeps for each fail in theory, but it becomes moot if you only allow 3 failed attempts. > -----Original Message----- > From: Tim Van Wassenhove [mailto:euki@xxxxx] > Sent: Tuesday, July 20, 2004 3:37 PM > To: php-db@xxxxxxxxxxxxx > Subject: Re: Wait Statement... ? > > Every time someone tries to authenticate, you count the number of > failures in both queues. The larger the number, the longer the sleep > will take. (removing old entries once in a while might speed > up things) Daevid Vincent Senior Engineer / Architect two.zero.six.two.eight.five.eight.zero.eight.zero _ _ _ | | ___ ___| | ____| | _____ ___ __ | | / _ \ / __| |/ / _` |/ _ \ \ /\ / / '_ \ | |__| (_) | (__| < (_| | (_) \ V V /| | | | |_____\___/ \___|_|\_\__,_|\___/ \_/\_/ |_| |_| x104 Networks.com -- PHP Database Mailing List (http://www.php.net/) To unsubscribe, visit: http://www.php.net/unsub.php