Paul, >> Oh, I thought you were saying that you received an error when trying to >> cfhttp to a php page which returned a large number. You were just >> saying it seemed like overkill. > >Indeed. > >> I'm guessing 32-bit CF doesn't support numbers large enough for you to >> do the calculations directly in CF code? >> I guess this would be a case where there was something another language >> like PHP (on a 64-bit machine, I assume) could do and CF could NOT do. >> > >It's all to do with signed and unsigned integers and the fact the CF >operates using signed integers whereas PHP uses unsigned integers. If CF >supported unsigned math functions then a 32-bit JVM would be enough...
Just remember that even though it's interpreted PHP code, it's still compiled to Java--so you may still have the same issue. -Dan ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| ColdFusion 8 beta â Build next generation applications today. Free beta download on Labs http://www.adobe.com/cfusion/entitlement/index.cfm?e=labs_adobecf8_beta Archive: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/CF-Talk/message.cfm/messageid:280182 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/CF-Talk/subscribe.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=11502.10531.4
