Personally i'd do the summing grouping etc on the dB server, and have more
simple queries at the client end.
Stew
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Earl, George [SMTP:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]
> Sent: 28 June 2000 12:22
> To: 'Listserv, Cold Fusion'
> Subject: CFML vs. Javascript
>
> What is a good rule of thumb for when to use CFML and when to use
> Javascript
> when both will accomplish the same thing? We develop management
> information
> reports and applications for a very large intranet which has standardized
> on
> MSIE 4/5 and Pentium PII/III PCs with WinNT 4.0 and 32 - 128MB RAM. These
> applications require a lot of manipulation of the numbers returned from
> queries to format them into reports (summing, grouping, etc). Is this the
> kind of thing that should be done on the client machine with Javascript
> where possible or should I do it with CFML? I can see an argument for
> taking
> the load of processing the answer set into a report off of the web server
> (CFML) and dropping it down to the client (Javascript) where possible.
> Thoughts?
>
> George
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