> Not explictly. Wouldn't the JRE do this for me when CF disposes the > objects ?
The way I understand things is if the streams are still open, the objects cannot be disposed of (garbage collected) by the JVM. I would strongly recommend that you specifically close the streams that you open so they (and any associated objects) can be properly GC'd. Rich Kroll ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Adobe® ColdFusion® 8 software 8 is the most important and dramatic release to date Get the Free Trial http://ad.doubleclick.net/clk;160198600;22374440;w Archive: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/CF-Talk/message.cfm/messageid:298704 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/CF-Talk/subscribe.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=89.70.4

