Hi Chris...
Just thought I'd mention this tip that I picked up from ColdFusion-master
Ben Forta at a developer conference a few weeks back....
'Try and avoid using lists. They are a lot slower than Array's or
Structures. They are easier to use, but at a cost to performance.'
Regards
Nick
At 10:56 4/04/00 -0400, you wrote:
>I always end up using lists rather than arrays, though a list can be thought
>of as a 1-dimensional array. So I would use a list of structures rather
>than an array of structures. I find Lists easier to create and maintain
>than arrays.
>
>Chris Evans
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>
>-----Original Message-----
>From: Emily B. Kim [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]
>Sent: Tuesday, April 04, 2000 10:39 AM
>To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
>Subject: Re: Help: Can arrays be used like queries
>
>
> > You can also use queries as arrays. For example, if I have a query
>called
> > "Articles" with a column named "TITLE", and I want the 5th
> > row, I can use Articles.Title[5].
>
>just a fyi, although you can use array syntax to reference queries,
>remember that queries are NOT arrays so you can't use the array
>functions on them.
>
> > I rarely see a need for arrays with CF, though other programmers seem to
>use
> > them for everything. I don't quite understand that. I've seen a lot of
> > programming, even custom tags, that translate native CF data elements into
> > arrays, when it is easier to use the native data element.
>
>arrays are very useful for passing information without having to write
>to the DB. think of use of an array of structures for a shopping cart.
>-emily
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