I would agree. At a conceptual level. If a variable is being used a lot, however, it may make not make sense to store it in a local (or request) variable to avoid the need for locks.
Of course, that was in CF5. I don't know of best practices for CFMX yet. At 01:08 PM 11/25/2002 -0600, you wrote: >So, it seems to me that in a purist sense, common values across all Users >belong in application variables. > >-----Original Message----- >From: Jeffry Houser [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] >Sent: Monday, November 25, 2002 1:06 PM >To: CF-Talk >Subject: Re: Application variables > > > Request variables and Application variables are two completely different >things, so i don't know if they deserve direct comparison. It depends what >you want to use them for. > > Request variables exist during a single page execution. > They are not persistent across page requests. > You do not need to lock them. > If 100 users hit the same page at once, then 100 instances of each >request variable will exist simultaneously. > Request variables are available to all templates in the request, >including custom tags. Because of this, I like to say that they are global >to the request. Many people use them to avoid passing parameters into >custom tags. I feel that is the only use for them over local variables >(I.E. the variables scope ). > > Application variables are locked into an application via the >cfapplication tag. > They are persistent across page requests. > You really should lock them. > If 100 users hit the same page at once, then only 1 copy of each >application variable will exist. > They are available to all templates in the request, including custom >tags. > > Does that give you enough to go on? > > >At 10:40 AM 11/25/2002 -0800, you wrote: > >From: "Andy Ousterhout" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > >To: "CF-Talk" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > >Sent: Monday, November 25, 2002 10:31 AM > >Subject: RE: Application variables > > > > > > > What's are the Pro's and Con's of using Request Variables over > >Application > > > Var? > > > > > > >-- >Jeffry Houser | mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] >DotComIt, Putting you on the web >AIM: Reboog711 | Phone: 1-203-379-0773 >-- >My CFMX Book: ><http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/0072225564/instantcoldfu-20> >My Books: http://www.instantcoldfusion.com >My Band: http://www.farcryfly.com > > > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Archives: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/index.cfm?forumid=4 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/index.cfm?method=subscribe&forumid=4 FAQ: http://www.thenetprofits.co.uk/coldfusion/faq This list and all House of Fusion resources hosted by CFHosting.com. The place for dependable ColdFusion Hosting.
