1997... I'd built an extremely basic 'ecommerce' type system, using php/fi and mysql... 3, IIRC (slight chance this might have been mSQL). This was run off a s

1997... I'd built an extremely basic 'ecommerce' type system, using php/fi and mysql... 3, IIRC (slight chance this might have been mSQL). This was run off a shared hosting system, and... after running for a couple months... it was suspended. The client was ... livid/upset/angry/etc, and I was trying to deal with hosting support. "You're running abusive software which is damaging our server(s), and we've disabled the account until you fix this". Firstly, the account was completely disabled, so I couldn't log in to even see what was wrong, or to even make a change once I might figure it out. Secondly, they wouldn't tell me what the problem was. Eventually - 2 days later - someone from support said I were typing up their CPUs with my 'shitty SQL', and I should learn that 'select *' was garbage, and my client should hire a 'real developer'. So... the server is having huge CPU spikes and clogging their network switch (got this over another couple days from another support person). After 8 days, the site/account was back online, and, the real culprit was one of the other 200 accounts on that shared server - they were blasting out spam. But hey... yeah, have someone grep for "select *" and take immediate action. That it didn't actually stop the problem after a couple hours should have been the first clue. That was my last direct experience with 'shared hosting' and one of my first "SQL snob" encounters.