Just an FYI - it stops after 32 levels (actually, at 31 I believe) not to stop runaway values but because it's a 32-bit system.

Same deal with the bit function in CF - limited by the system it is on. Once 64-bit systems (OS/app/db) come along, I assume that it will support up to 63 levels.

>For what it's worth I've gone several dozen deep (modeling a nested tree
>hierarchy) and have hit no problems.  There is no limit (beyond system
>resources) that I know of.
>
>In fact in my little experiment I was more limited by SQL server (which
>throws an exception after 32 levels of recursion to prevent runaway
>requests) than by CF.
>
>Jim Davis
>
>-----Original Message-----
>From: Ben Doom [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]
>Sent: Sunday, September 28, 2003 12:46 AM
>To: CF-Talk
>Subject: Re: how many?
>
>As far as I know, there's no theoretical limitation on depth.
>
>I know I've gone 2 deep with no trouble, and think I might have gone 3
>deep.
>
>The best way to know for sure is to test it, of course.  :-)
>
>--Ben Doom
>
>Ray Bujarski wrote:
>
>> How many structures deep can I nest?
>>
>> Is this possible?
>>
>> block["#cell_type#"]["#cell#"]["#getKey#"]
>>
>> Thanks,
>>
>> Ray
>>
>>
>  _____  
>
>[Todays
[Todays Threads] [This Message] [Subscription] [Fast Unsubscribe] [User Settings]

Reply via email to