You should use something like a buffered writer to create the file.
you can probably createObject("java", ...) to get it working. Look at:
http://java.sun.com/j2se/1.5.0/docs/api/java/io/BufferedWriter.html
for info on how it works. I don't really have time to play with it
today, so, sorry i can't help any more.
-nathan strutz
http://www.dopefly.com/
On 8/25/05, gabriel l smallman <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> Have an app. That needs to turn a query of about 150,000 records into a text
> file, zip it, send back to user.
>
> Using cf to loop and build the text file just wont work, it takes forever
> and often crashes.
>
> Someone mentioned a way todo it with php, by invoking a function that
> converts the record set in ram to a text file and then zips and send back.
> But we are stuck doing it on box with mx 6.0.
>
> Looked at having sql generate the file, but trying to avoid mapping drives
> to move it around.
>
> Anyone got an clever ideas?
>
> gabe
>
>
>
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