I'm not sure you could actually make an argument one way or another. Like most tools, they're better than the other depending on the situation. To say that one is "real" is to assume the other is "fake"... and everyone knows thats not the case.
Kevin -----Original Message----- From: Rebecca Wells [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Tuesday, May 24, 2005 3:30 PM To: CF-Talk Subject: Structures vs. "Real Structures" This reminds me of something that my boss and I argued about... I said that query recordsets and forms are structures, and he said that it's not the same kind of structure as a struct(), that the structure function is better because it's indexed and that the query and forms are not "real structures". Which is true? >> There are generally two reasons for something like that: >> >> 1) The code is very old - we've still got code from CF 2.0 >> around and it's pretty damn nasty. ;^) A lot of the stuff >> we take for granted (structs, scopes as structs, even arrays) >> didn't exist in earlier versions of the language. > >In this case, I don't think that's an excuse, since CF has had >FORM.FIELDNAMES since CF 2.0, at least. That's what it was there for - to >let you get a list of the form fields so you could process them. Now, of >course, we have the Form scope exposed as a structure, which is nicer, but >the required functionality for generalized form handlers has been there all >the time. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| 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:4:207597 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
