Not sure it does copy a query by value, complex variables, (structures, Arrays, components, queries) are copied by reference.
HTH Kola > -----Original Message----- > From: Terry Ford [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > Sent: 05 January 2006 14:17 > To: CF-Talk > Subject: Avoiding copying by value > > Here's the scenario: > > A small query (session.cache_query) is cached in each user session at login. It is > referenced in the following manner in a number of templates: > > -------------------- > > <cfif isdefined("session.cache_query")> > <cfset q = session.cache_query> > <cfelse> > <!--- user w no session or google is here. so we do a query ---> > <Cfquery datasource=ds name=q> > select... > </cfquery> > </cfif> > > <cfloop query=q> > ... > </cfloop> > > --------------------- > > Now to my question: I assume that the line <cfset q = session.cache_query> copies > the query structure to the q variable (instead of passing a pointer) because copying > by value is what CF likes to do. In this case that is needless overhead. > > Can anyone suggest a way that I can get around the copying of that query by value? > > I know that I could do <Cfloop query="session.cache_query">, but then the Google > "q" query wouldn't work. I really want to be able to reference either the cached query > or the runtime query by the same variable name, "q". > > Thanks, > Terry > > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Message: http://www.houseoffusion.com/lists.cfm/link=i:4:228465 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
