John, It depends on the application, though I don't think 500k is particularly high. The apps I have built using FarCry seem to use about 375-400kb on app init - before any queries are cached (those are on 3.5 so much has probably changed in 4.0 and the new release upcoming).
Between query and object caching, I think if the way the application is used and the server can justify the memory usage it's not too much of a concern. The biggest application scope abuse I've seen is using it to store data that should be maintained in session, client, or even request. This results in a ton of updating of application variables and excessive locking in some cases. It might be bad form to use an excessive amount of memory on shared hosting, though. Jon On Apr 23, 2008, at 5:16 PM, John Engstrom wrote: > I'm working on a project and when I dumped the application scope > there were over 25,000 lines of variables and struct items. When I > saved all of this it was over 500k. Does this seem unusual? ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Adobe® ColdFusion® 8 software 8 is the most important and dramatic release to date Get the Free Trial http://ad.doubleclick.net/clk;192386516;25150098;k Archive: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/CF-Talk/message.cfm/messageid:304122 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/CF-Talk/subscribe.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=89.70.4
