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glumtail wrote:
> Hi:
> 
> Why not write a GLOBAL script for collecting some usefull information?
> And then just be included in every pages, store records in a
> particular file.
> 

Because the first time you get any spike in traffic your performance 
goes to hell especially if done through a db with a remote call.

I had to have just such a talk with a site recently after they ended up 
on Howard Stern. It nearly took down the web servers before we figured 
out what was causing the performance issues.

kashani
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