Problem of Speed and db update

OS: win2k Server: httpd phpver: 4.0.2 DB: Mysql (fresh download) The code below I got from a tutorial at WebMonkey. The process of bringing up the list of names on first pass is very fast. The process of bringing up the edit form is very fast at displaying info from server. The problem comes in where the update happens. This is very very slow. Now I can't see that this would be a php problem (i have posted similar question on httpd news list) but my question is there anything in php which could cause a 20-30 second delay? I have 'inserted' 5000 records from command line into mysql and all 5000 records only took 5 seconds. So it doesn't "look" like a server problem. Could it be a very *bad* odbc driver? tia DSig <html> <body> <?php $db = mysql_connect("localhost", "root"); mysql_select_db("mydb",$db); if ($id) { if ($submit) { $sql = "UPDATE employees SET first='$first',last='$last',address='$address',position='$position' WHERE id=$id"; $result = mysql_query($sql); echo "Thank you! Information updated.\n"; } else { // query the DB $sql = "SELECT * FROM employees WHERE id=$id"; $result = mysql_query($sql); $myrow = mysql_fetch_array($result); ?> <form method="post" action="<?php echo $PHP_SELF?>"> <input type=hidden name="id" value="<?php echo $myrow["id"] ?>"> First name:<input type="Text" name="first" value="<?php echo $myrow["first"] ?>"><br> Last name:<input type="Text" name="last" value="<?php echo $myrow["last"] ?>"><br> Address:<input type="Text" name="address" value="<?php echo $myrow["address"] ?>"><br> Position:<input type="Text" name="position" value="<?php echo $myrow["position"] ?>"><br> <input type="Submit" name="submit" value="Enter information"> </form> <?php } } else { // display list of employees $result = mysql_query("SELECT * FROM employees",$db); while ($myrow = mysql_fetch_array($result)) { printf("<a href=\"%s?id=%s\">%s %s</a><br>\n", $PHP_SELF, $myrow["id"], $myrow["first"], $myrow["last"]); } } ?> </body> </html>