MySQL insert query takes ages (strange thing that has disappeared)

Not a real problem, but outta curiosity: my setup: NT4 SP5 WKS, MySQL 3.23.10-alpha, PHP4 RC2-dev snapshots before 15/04 12:45 (did the same with RC1), Apache 1.3.11 PII 450 256MB RAM, HDD: WD (nothing special) heavily used workstation I host a site for a friend of mine on my computer. All pages it consists of have this at the top: <? require( "$DOCUMENT_ROOT/e2/inc/include.inc" ) ; http_info_store() ; ?> include.inc contains among other things this: $http_info = array( "ip"=>$REMOTE_ADDR , "via"=>$HTTP_VIA , "uri"=>$REQUEST_URI , "ref"=>$HTTP_REFERER , "ua"=>$HTTP_USER_AGENT ) ; function sql_conn() { mysql_connect( 'localhost' , 'user' , 'pwd' ) or die( 'Connection to SQL server failed.' ) ; mysql_select_db( 'e2' ) or die ( 'Database connection failed.' ) ; } ; function http_info_store() { global $http_info ; sql_conn() ; mysql_query( "insert into log ( dat , ip , via , uri , ref , ua ) values ( " . "now(), '$http_info[ip]' , '$http_info[via]' , '$http_info[$uri]' , " . "'$http_info[$ref]' , '$http_info[$ua] )" ) ; mysql_close() ; } ; I'm storing this in the db (besides ususal logging) so that he can view hits for his site in a browser. Everything worked fine, until one day it started doing this strange thing: it took ages to process the query when the page was hit for the first time. I. e. I hit the link in one frame, and it took about one minute to display the page. I clicked on the link again, and it displayed in one second. The same with all the links in the menu. I reloaded the frameset, and again, it took ages to display a page that was requested for the first time. I clicked the link again, and it was here in a second. Today I realized the described strangeness disappeared. Dunno if it's the snapshot (currently 15/04 12:45) or what... Any idea? ____________________________________________________________ Cynic: A member of a group of ancient Greek philosophers who taught that virtue constitutes happiness and that self control is the essential part of virtue. cynic@mail.cz ICQ: 2808 2505