Ouch, don't do that. This will spike your CPU, looping frantically
until the given time comes up.
The java thread sleep method is much better.
Here's an already packaged function i pasted together a couple years ago.
www.cflib.org/udf.cfm/sleep
-nathan strutz
[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
> Here's a way as a UDF:
>
> <cfscript>
> function WaitMS(ms) {
> var startms = getTickCount();
> var endms = startms + ms;
> while (endms GT getTickCount());
> }
> </cfscript>
>
> Dave
>
> On 22/08/05, Troy Simpson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>
>>I know this is not normally needed for a ColdFusion Application
>>because most people want their apps to run fast.
>>
>>But I have a need to put a wait period in my code. If there a
>>function in ColdFusion MX 6.1 to cause the process to wait. For
>>example:
>>
>>doSomething();
>>wait(500); / wait 500 milliseconds.
>>doSomethingElse();
>>
>>Thanks,
>>Troy
>>
>>--
>>Troy Simpson
>> Applications Analyst/Programmer, OCPDBA, MCSE, SCSA
>>North Carolina State University Libraries
>>Campus Box 7111 | Raleigh | North Carolina
>>ph.919.515.3855 | fax.919.513.3330
>>E-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
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