So I would be better off saving it to disk, then having the user download the file directly? I guess doing this would release the thread and IIS/apache would take the load of the download.
In this scenario how would I know when they have downloaded it so I can then go around and clean up the files? Thanks Duncan On 8/9/07, James Holmes <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Yes, if you're serving that via cfcontent etc then the thread is tied > up for the whole download. > > On 8/9/07, Duncan <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > I have a question about thread use. > > > > If CF is feeding a 50mb file (OTT you might say, but this is just an > > example!), say a pdf that has been generated, does cf use a thread > > until that file has been completely downloaded by the user? > > > > On that basis if I have 3 instances and therefore 30 threads > > available, each person downloading that file via a separate thread > > lessens CF's ability to process other peoples requests - is that > > right? > > -- > mxAjax / CFAjax docs and other useful articles: > http://www.bifrost.com.au/blog/ > > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Check out the new features and enhancements in the latest product release - download the "What's New PDF" now http://download.macromedia.com/pub/labs/coldfusion/cf8_beta_whatsnew_052907.pdf Archive: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/CF-Talk/message.cfm/messageid:285923 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/CF-Talk/subscribe.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=89.70.4
