maybe its better to cache on the client end, not in the CFC?  Let the
client decide when to cahce or refresh.  I'm not familiar with Flash
arch, but doesn't Flash have some sort of cache mechanism in a swf?
Also, Johnny, do you want this cached across clients or for each
client?

Doug

On Sun, 17 Oct 2004 23:14:55 -0700, Barney Boisvert <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> You can't use CFCACHE for caching the result.  However, you can easily
>  cache it manually.  Inside your CFC, before you return the result,
>  store it in an application-scope variable.  Then, before you do the
>  processing, add a check to see if that variable is defined.  If it is,
>  just return it, and skip the processing.
>  
>  Here's some psuedo-code:
>  
>  <cffunction name="getThing">
>    <cfset var thing = "" />
>    <cfif NOT structKeyExists(application, "myThing")>
>      <cfset thing = timeConsumingMethod() />
>      <cfset application.myThing = thing />
>    </cfif>
>    <cfreturn application.myThing />
>  </cffunction>
>  
>  If you need to automatically expire the cache, you can set up a
>  scheduled task that will delete that variable from the application
>  scope as needed.
>  
>  cheers,
>  barneyb
>  
>  On Sun, 17 Oct 2004 23:42:56 -0400, Johnny Le <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>  > Is it possible to cache the result of a web service?  I created a web
>  > service to use in my flash application, but it takes a long time to
> return
>  > the result.  Since the result is not going to change often, I wonder if I
>  > could cache it.
>  >
>  > If so, where should I put the cfcache tag?  Outside the component tag?
>  > Inside the component tag but outside the method? Or inside the method?
>  >
>  > Johnny
>  >
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