On 7/17/07, Brian Kotek <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Personally, it's a terrible question. I'd say something like: > > That question needs clarification. Do you mean possible categories of > session variables availabe in ColdFusion, such as standard vs. J2EE? Or do > you mean kinds of data one might choose to store in a persistent scope, such > as shopping carts or security credentials?"
I agree. Although I'm aware of j2ee session variables, it never occurred to me to consider that someone might consider them a different type of session variable, so I totally didn't understand the question. He did finally tell me about the two "types" of session variables. Unfortunately, it probably made *me* look ignorant in *their* eyes. they're also still using Coldfusion 5, so I wonder how much experience the lead developer actually has in "modern" coldfusion. I also suffered on the fact that I don't make use of cflock in any of my open source apps. As you all know, the need for cflock has been heavily debated over the years, and it was generally accepted that you had to lock everything in the CF5 and earlier days... but it wasn't as necessary (if at all) in CF6 but it seems we've slowly moved back towards "cflock is a good thing"... they're planning to upgrade to CF8, and I told them if they weren't planning on that, I wouldn't want the job. I don't mind enhancing and maintaining code written in CF5, but I wouldn't want to do any major development without being able to use the features of at LEAST CF6.1. I'm in the position of being pretty happy with my current job anyway... just keeping an eye out for potential upgrades. University jobs don't pay very well. Here's hoping neither the interviewer nor my current employers read this :) Rick ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Create robust enterprise, web RIAs. Upgrade & integrate Adobe Coldfusion MX7 with Flex 2 http://www.adobe.com/products/coldfusion/flex2/?sdid=RVJP Archive: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/CF-Talk/message.cfm/messageid:283882 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/CF-Talk/subscribe.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=11502.10531.4
