Daves right... Although cfcontent won't be as bad as opening the file as binary, encoding as base64 and then creating a vary large XML packet.
I have never used the symlink idea - although I've heard him mention it before. I'd be interested in a code snippet on how to do this "on the fly" in Linux. Would you have to pass arguments to a shell script Dave? -Mark -----Original Message----- From: Dave Watts [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Thursday, February 28, 2008 3:07 AM To: CF-Talk Subject: RE: Sending File Data Over Webservice > What are the overheads like on using cfcontent to deliver a file > opposed to simply having it available in a web accessible directory? Significant, in my past experience. The CFCONTENT request monopolizes a CF thread for the duration of the download. As an alternative, you might consider creating temporary URLs; you can easily do this on Unix using symlinks. You can create symlinks to directories in Windows, and that might be sufficient also. Dave Watts, CTO, Fig Leaf Software http://www.figleaf.com/ Fig Leaf Training: Adobe/Google/Paperthin Certified Partners http://training.figleaf.com/ WebManiacs 2008: the ultimate conference for CF/Flex/AIR developers! http://www.webmaniacsconference.com/ ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| 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:300060 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/CF-Talk/subscribe.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=11502.10531.4
