Description

Drupal 4.6 Path Aliasing causes a large server load and uses a high number of database queries. These files are the patched replacements for backporting the fix for this problem from Drupal 4.7 to 4.6. This bug was not fixed before Drupal 4.6 was frozen and so this patches never made it into the 4.6.5 release. Since it is not a security fix it is not expected to be added later. Websites with a high number of pages and users will benefit from this improvement most.

The files here were created by hand and test without using the unix patch diff and tested. This is a great convenience for website owners that are not programmers and need to make a significant improvement on resource usage when Drupal 4.6 is run in a shared hosting environment.

Just a note: the patch would NOT run for me using stock 4.6.5 files. (Failed, Failed, Failed) I had to patch each file manually. I hope it is ok that I attached a zip with all the patched files (4.6.5 Stock). Patching is a PAIN in the rear for those of us who are not Unix smart / web developers.

Anyway that said, here are a few quick before & after stats.

HomePage - 189 queries
Before: 269.98ms
After: 60.26ms

Forum Topic - 401 queries
Before: 574.00ms
After: 70.41ms

Page - 160 queries
Before: 424.58ms
After: 52.45ms

-- Marand B.

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