UPDATE phrase SET text='www.mybackup.com' WHERE varname='backup_server';

[imported_silkroad]

Thanks. I missed that in phrase.php.....

It is getting more complicated than I hoped, so I think it is better to shift gears and do this with a PHP Global instead of changing phrases, as you first suggested and I suspected.

--------------- Added [DATE]1260143196[/DATE] at [TIME]1260143196[/TIME] ---------------

OK, this code is done using plugin code:

[PHP] Server Check and Failover Code

In case you need something like this .....