I hate it when I see this, makes it hard to read and hard to maintain. Technically cfoutput is a tag, and having CF go in/out of a ton of tags is slower then going in/out of only a few. Although, granted we are talking hundreds of a ms, so we'll never notice it. In older versions cf had to parse everything inside the cfoutput tags, at runtime, now the compiler takes care of that.
I would say it's really a toss up, performance wise. But it's a lot easier to read and maintain if there are fewer cfoutput tags around everything. At least I think so. --nimer -----Original Message----- From: Adam Haskell [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Thursday, February 10, 2005 10:18 AM To: CF-Talk Subject: Few cfoutput Vs Many cfoutput I am sifting through some inherited code and it is littered with CFoutputs everywhere... For example: <select name="<cfoutput> #sel_name#</cfotuput> <option value="<cfoutput>#sel_value#</cfoutput>"> <cfoutput>#sel_text#</cfoutput> </option> </select> I figured it was done b/c somone jsut didn't know any better, but I am seeing it where I would think the individual writting it wouldn't do it that way. Why would anyone code like this as opposed to just throwing a cfoutput at the beginig of a page and the end, assuming they are ussing something other than <cfsetting> to control white space. One co-worked claimed he did it for performance he thought it would parse quiker, in CF5...I disagree. Adam H ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Logware (www.logware.us): a new and convenient web-based time tracking application. Start tracking and documenting hours spent on a project or with a client with Logware today. Try it for free with a 15 day trial account. http://www.houseoffusion.com/banners/view.cfm?bannerid=67 Message: http://www.houseoffusion.com/lists.cfm/link=i:4:194082 Archives: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/threads.cfm/4 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/lists.cfm/link=s:4 Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=89.70.4 Donations & Support: http://www.houseoffusion.com/tiny.cfm/54
