I have been doing some tests (admitedly incomplete and unscientific) with Zope and a MySQL database. Using ZServer to parse a simple page with one "included" file = 18 hits per second(hps). Using PHP3 and Apache to parse a like page with the same "inlcuded" file = 16 hps Using ZServer w/ a Z SQL method to display a table (select * from <!-- #var table-->) = 3 hps Using PHP3 and Apache to display the same table = 13 hps. Looking at the MySQL logs, they both keep a persistent connection. Why is it so much slower with Zope?They are delivering the exact same content with each request. The parsers are doing the same job at the surface, although I don't have a full grasp of what goes on beneith... As a parser, they are similar in speed, but with the database connection, ZServer falters. I tried starting ZServer with "-t 1" as I read in a previous post, but the result was similar. Testing done using Pounder II. erik myllymaki erikm@islandnet.com