loading the main page with out DB?

[seefun]

Hello,

I'm maintainig a website built by someone else. Recently there was a problem with our DB and the website also couldn't be displayed because of that. I want to be able to display the site w/o the functionality of the DB. Can anybody give me some ideas of where I should start?

Thank you,
Seefun

 

[YNOTU]

[tt]If the site was dynamically built from the database you'll need it. For example, if the navigation menu is being displayed from tables you'll need the database.
else

you must build/code all Database-driven sections by hand

 

[seefun]

Not every thing on the page is built dynamically. The page consists of server side includes, so I can exclude the portion that calls for the DB. However I only want to do that if and when the DB is down, but I don't know how, I probably need an if statment?

Thanks,
Rahel

 

[MichiganRon]

Have the script check for the database connection. If it is not present, then display a static message in it's place such as you are having technical difficulties and to check back later.

-Ron

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