note graq <p>Apologies for not being clear.</p> <p>Apache opens the script and holds it open for its lifetime. <c>RewriteMap</c> writes to it (hence the <c>while(<STDIN>){..}</c> loop) and waits for output from STDOUT.</p> <p>For every such mapping (read: every http request), the <c>lookup</c> method is called. I assumed that that is where the main speed up could be attained.</p> <p>Although I'm not sure how moot this is with [merlyn]'s [611988|reply] in play</p> <!-- Node text goes above. Div tags should contain sig only --> <div class="pmsig"><div class="pmsig-79379"> <p>-=( <a href="http://www.graq.co.uk">Graq</a> )=- </div></div> 611968 612001