I disagree. It's certainly not the 'end of the world', but using direct output from a method automatically means you won't be able to use the result remotely via Flash (or as a WS).
Again - this isn't horrible - but it's something you should bear in mind. (And don't forget the lovely bug with CFCs stored in app/session scopes - which will be fixed of course.) ======================================================================= Raymond Camden, ColdFusion Jedi Master for Mindseye, Inc Email : [EMAIL PROTECTED] WWW : www.camdenfamily.com/morpheus Yahoo IM : morpheus "My ally is the Force, and a powerful ally it is." - Yoda > -----Original Message----- > From: Matt Liotta [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] > Sent: Monday, December 09, 2002 11:16 AM > To: CF-Talk > Subject: RE: CFC output > > > It is certainly not a rule or a best practice to avoid > directly outputting from a CFC method. There are plenty of > good reasons for doing so and making blanket statements like > yours only lead to confusion. For example... > > WriteOutput(someCFC.someMethod()); > > Where someMethod() returns a string of HTML as you specified > is significantly more expensive than the following. > > someCFC.someMethod(); > > Where someMethod() directly outputs the HTML. > > Matt Liotta > President & CEO > Montara Software, Inc. > http://www.montarasoftware.com/ > 888-408-0900 x901 > > > -----Original Message----- > > From: Raymond Camden [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] > > Sent: Monday, December 09, 2002 12:05 PM > > To: CF-Talk > > Subject: RE: CFC output > > > > You should not directly output from the method, but should instead > > return a string with your output. If you are generating a complex > > result, which it sounds like you are, you would probably > want to use > > cfsavecontent... > > > > <cfsavecontent variable="result"> > > <b>#title#</b><br> > > #foo# > > </cfsavecontent> > > > > <cfreturn result> > > > > > ============================================================== > ========= > > Raymond Camden, ColdFusion Jedi Master for Mindseye, Inc > > > > Email : [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > WWW : www.camdenfamily.com/morpheus > > Yahoo IM : morpheus > > > > "My ally is the Force, and a powerful ally it is." - Yoda > > > > > -----Original Message----- > > > From: Cutter (CF_Talk) [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] > > > Sent: Monday, December 09, 2002 10:46 AM > > > To: CF-Talk > > > Subject: CFC output > > > > > > > > > Does anyone have an example of a CFComponent with a function that > > > returns HTML formatted output. Trying to write a function that > > > performs a query based on specific arguments then outputs > a select > > > box based upon > > > the query results as well as some of the other arguments. I'd like > to > > > make it a web service but not sure if possible. > (Documentation for > > > this stuff seems kinda limited on MM, though I might just be > > > looking in the > > > wrong places.) > > > > > > > > > > > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| 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 Your ad could be here. Monies from ads go to support these lists and provide more resources for the community. http://www.fusionauthority.com/ads.cfm
