Do you have to worry about memory usage on your host?

[Magic2K2]

I just thought of this last night. Now, I'm no expert on bandwidth or hosting by any means, but let's say you have short, memory-intense blocks of code (PHP, for example). Maybe the code runs through inefficient loops or is a really long query. The way I see it, you aren't taking up any of your space and I don't think you are using extra bandwidth either. So, other than the speed you'll be costing your site, is it really a problem if you have some slow queries or sorting functions or something? I hope that made sense.

[besta]

If your script is overloading the server( eating up a lot of CPU resources). Then you are very likely to get your hosting account suspended.

[Magic2K2]

I wasn't planning on overloading the server. Just deciding if I should use a few sort functions.

[niv]

most hosts have more than 256 MB RAM. unless you're doing something really insanely inefficient that takes up more than most accounts, you won't get kicked out.

[Chicken]

Originally posted by Magic2K2
Maybe the code runs through inefficient loops or is a really long query. The way I see it, you aren't taking up any of your space and I don't think you are using extra bandwidth either. So, other than the speed you'll be costing your site, is it really a problem if you have some slow queries or sorting functions or something? I hope that made sense.

By running inefficient scripts, you will be overloading the server. By overloading the server, your account will be disabled. Generally you are allowed 10-20% of the resources of the machine, which is actually pretty generous.

[Magic2K2]

Everybody's getting the wrong idea. I AM NOT planning on overloading a server. Check my post in PHP/ASP help about ordering by field1 / field2 for what I'm trying to do. I just like to be very efficient ALWAYS so I'm asking this question just because I may be using some of my own sorts soon. I doubt it's any more inefficient than the search function on this board.

[niv]

Originally posted by Magic2K2
I doubt it's any more inefficient than the search function on this board.

:rolleyes:

[Chicken]

Originally posted by Magic2K2
...let's say you have short, memory-intense blocks of code (PHP, for example). Maybe the code runs through inefficient loops or is a really long query

Ok, maybe we *are* getting the wrong idea (entirely possible) but you gave us the idea in the first place :D I've requoted you above and highlighted what gave me the idea...


So, other than the speed you'll be costing your site, is it really a problem if you have some slow queries or sorting functions or something?

Maybe your intent isn't to overload the server, but to answer your question... YES it *could* be a problem.