Re: [PHP] database abstraction layer
[email protected] (Robert Cummings)
| Newsgroups | php.general |
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| Organization | InterJinn |
| Message-ID | <[email protected]> |
Michael A. Peters wrote: > Robert Cummings wrote: >> Rene Veerman wrote: >>> eh thats "randomize the timing of the retry attempt".. >>> >>> >>> On Wed, Feb 3, 2010 at 12:17 AM, Rene Veerman <[email protected]> wrote: >>> >>>> and after the sleep(rand(1,3)) it might need a short loop like this; >>>> $rnd = rand(1,99999); $a=0; >>>> for ($i=0; $i<$rnd; $i++) { $a++ } >>>> >>>> to further randomize the retry attempt.. >> While this decreases the probability of a collision you're just setting >> up another race. They teach about this stuff in computer science... >> right around first year... or at least they once upon a time did. >> >> Cheers, >> Rob. > > Einstein I believe said something along the lines of > > "A smart person solves a problem. > A wise person avoids it in the first place" > > Might not have been Einstein, but anyway ... Do you mean the following quote? The difference between a smart person and a wise person is that a smart person knows what to say and a wise person knows whether or not to say it. Cheers, Rob. -- http://www.interjinn.com Application and Templating Framework for PHP