Could someone explain the benefit of holding CFCs in a session var? Say in the case of security or identifying details about a logged in user.
TIA Bryan Stevenson B.Comm. VP & Director of E-Commerce Development Electric Edge Systems Group Inc. t. 250.920.8830 e. [EMAIL PROTECTED] --------------------------------------------------------- Macromedia Associate Partner www.macromedia.com --------------------------------------------------------- Vancouver Island ColdFusion Users Group Founder & Director www.cfug-vancouverisland.com ----- Original Message ----- From: "jon hall" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "CF-Talk" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Monday, March 24, 2003 9:04 AM Subject: Re: Request for Review: "Variables in CFML > Monday, March 24, 2003, 11:46:36 AM, you wrote: > > SAC> Client variables are restricted to simple data types, session variables > SAC> can be anything (including CFCs). That alone may be sufficient reason > SAC> to prefer session variables to client variables. Also, with client > SAC> variables, you are restricted to cookies (increasing download / get / > SAC> post time), registry (very bad!) or a database (serialization overhead > SAC> and data access times). I can't see the appeal of client variables so > SAC> I'd be interested to hear from folks - like Matt - who use them and > SAC> prefer them to session variables. > > Pre MX, session variables required locking, and pre 5.0 they were > pretty unreliable imo. After being burned by disappearing session > variables, pccode errors, and very strange locking issues/bugs in > 4.0/4.5 I swore them off. > > Only very recently in MX have I started using them to hold cfcs. > > -- > jon > mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| 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 Structure your ColdFusion code with Fusebox. Get the official book at http://www.fusionauthority.com/bkinfo.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=89.70.4
