I haven't got a clue why Allaire would have written that in. If that were a major
concern, then why didn't they tell us that back in version 2.0? And why didn't Ben
Forta address it in his book?
Perhaps it's because complex directory structures with extensive sub-directories are
inherently BAD application design.
But trust me on this one. Your application.cfm file IN ITSELF is not going to kill
your server.
If you need another analogy, consider this. A GUN, by itself, is not dangerous. In
fact it's quite stable. But put if you use the gun incorrectly, the results can be
deadly.
Don't sweat teh application.cfm file. Or just create the application 100% fusebox and
forget about the file.
---mark
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> -----Original Message-----
> From: Kevin Miller [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]
> Sent: Wednesday, July 05, 2000 5:37 PM
> To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]; [EMAIL PROTECTED]
> Subject: RE: Application.cfm location costs?
>
>
>
> What prompted the question is the following except from the CF 4.01
> docs:
>
> An Application.cfm file is first searched for in the template's
> current directory and then in
> the parent and ancestor directories by traversing up the file
> hierarchy. Since traversing
> up a file hierarchy is a very expensive operation execution of
> an OnRequestEnd.cfm
> template is restricted to the case where an OnRequestEnd.cfm
> file is placed in the same
> directory as the Application.cfm file of the executing
> template.
>
> Is what they are saying simply not true because of caching?
>
> Thanks,
>
> Kevin
>
> >>> [EMAIL PROTECTED] 07/05/00 05:11PM >>>
> Well, again. It's nothing. You can run a test yourself to see. Just
> turn on debugging in the CF Administrator.
>
> ---mark
>
>
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>
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: Kevin Miller [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]
> > Sent: Wednesday, July 05, 2000 4:46 PM
> > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]; [EMAIL PROTECTED]
> > Subject: RE: Application.cfm location costs?
> >
> >
> >
> > Thanks for the info, but the overhead I am curious about is that
> caused
> > by the file system searching that must be done in order to traverse
> the
> > directory tree and locate the application.cfm file.
> >
> > Thanks,
> >
> > Kevin
> >
> > >>> [EMAIL PROTECTED] 07/05/00 03:43PM >>>
> > The existence of the file, itself, is nothing. It's like a
> millionth
> > of a second or so. But what's IN the file, now that's where the lag
> > could occur. The possibilities are endless here.
> >
> > I would recommend for a large site that you look into the Fusebox
> > methodology. You can separate out local variables (within the sub
> apps)
> > from global variables (which you store in a app_globals file) so
> that
> > you only create overhead for the applicable section and not the
> entire
> > application.
> >
> > ---mark
> >
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> >
> > > -----Original Message-----
> > > From: Kevin Miller [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]
> > > Sent: Wednesday, July 05, 2000 3:02 PM
> > > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
> > > Subject: Application.cfm location costs?
> > >
> > >
> > >
> > > Does anyone have any benchmarks on the overhead incurred by
> > > putting the application.cfm file at the root of the web server,
> > > 1-2 levels above the application files?
> > >
> > > We are trying to develop a site-wide framework, and we are
> > > debating whether it is better to have one application.cfm at the
> > > root of the server or one in each application directory that
> > > cfincludes the one at the root.
> > >
> > > Thanks,
> > >
> > > Kevin Miller
> > > Vascular Chief Technologist
> > > Medtronic Vascular
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