Title: Question about database
Last modified: August 18, 2016

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# Question about database

 *  [schuey100](https://wordpress.org/support/users/schuey100/)
 * (@schuey100)
 * [18 years, 11 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/question-about-database/)
 * I’m no web guy so could do with some help! I’ve been having a few issues recently
   with time outs, blank pages and a really slow loading site. I’ve been told that
   this could have something to do with the database. commenting is also horribly
   slow, either it takes 2 minutes to process or I get a time out.
 * could someone confirm that my issues could be being caused by the SQL DB and 
   if so, how I might be able to solve it?

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 *  [syncbox](https://wordpress.org/support/users/syncbox/)
 * (@syncbox)
 * [18 years, 11 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/question-about-database/#post-592221)
 * 1) where’s your site? It might help if we see if that is happening for everyone
   or just for you…
 * 2) how many includes, etc does your theme use? If you have to fetch a lot of 
   stuff, things slow down
 * 3) who is your hosting provider? Some are slower than others, frankly.
 * 4) how many posts and pages does your site have? If the site is huge, then it
   takes a while to get the data
 * 5) what version of the software are you using? WordPress, etc…
 * Those are all good places to start troubleshooting. I’ll leave it for the experts
   to step in here, but that’s where I’d start.
 * HTH
 *  Thread Starter [schuey100](https://wordpress.org/support/users/schuey100/)
 * (@schuey100)
 * [18 years, 11 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/question-about-database/#post-592311)
 * Hi, thanks for the reply. my site is [http://www.atheistperspective.com](http://www.atheistperspective.com)
   I use wordpress 2.2. I use Network solutions as my host. They are usually great
   with my other sites.
 * It actually seems to have got a ‘little’ bit better but still not great.
 *  [syncbox](https://wordpress.org/support/users/syncbox/)
 * (@syncbox)
 * [18 years, 11 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/question-about-database/#post-592582)
 * well, I have a cable connection in my home office and it took about 7 seconds
   to load the first page of your site. Is that too long for you?
 * That’s with Firefox 2x on Windows XP Pro sp2 on a p4 3.8 hyperthreading laptop
   with 1GB ram.
 * In IE6, about the same, maybe 1 more second or so.
 * doesn’t seem that slow to me.
 * HTH

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 * [slow site](https://wordpress.org/support/topic-tag/slow-site/)
 * [sql](https://wordpress.org/support/topic-tag/sql/)

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 * Last reply from: [syncbox](https://wordpress.org/support/users/syncbox/)
 * Last activity: [18 years, 11 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/question-about-database/#post-592582)
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