In "showkoan"...

    $rth=$dbh->prepare("select max(id) from zen order by id") 
        or die("Can't connect: ", $dbh->errstr);
    $rth->execute;
    $id=$rth->fetchrow_array;
    $selid=int(rand($id)+1);
    $tth=$dbh->prepare("select koan from zen where id=$selid") 
        or die("Can't connect: ",$dbh->errstr);

    $tth->execute;
    $koan = $tth->fetchrow_array;
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This is the part of the code that I was interested in. I do believe that you can make this much simplier (and faster) with one SQL call:

    $tth=$dbh->prepare("select koan from zen order by rand() limit 1")
+ 
        or die("Can't connect: ",$dbh->errstr);

    $tth->execute;
    $koan = $tth->fetchrow_array;
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("order by rand()" is mentioned in chapter 7 of the mysql doc, and I used this trick for a random quote generator of my own.)

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