It's a valid way of thinking and even warranted an article ( https://secure.houseoffusion.com/Vol2Issue3.cfm). The performance overhead is just as much as any other handler - what's needed to look up the actual template and data. I use this all the time and there is no problem with it that I've seen so far.
Note that it will not work for the default document in a directory or an assumed default document. On Fri, Oct 17, 2008 at 10:46 AM, Jason Fill <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > I am currently trying to plan out an application and am curious about what > other think about something I have in mind. > > I would like the URLs to be in the form of > domain.com/thepagename-pageid.cfm. Simple as that....but the page will > not actually exist. My thought was just to use the onMissingTemplate() > handler to handle the request and dynamically generate the content. > > The issue is, I am not sure if this is completely the incorrect line of > thinking - AND - also what the performance implications might be under load. > > I know an ISAPI rewrite can be used, but I want to stay away from that as > this application will be distributed to others and I do not want them to > have to reconfigure their webserver. It need to work right out of the box. > > Any suggestions would be helpful. I have read some blog posts in regards > to this and I know some people are using it, but mostly curious if anyone > sees a major issue with this under a load situation. > > Thanks in advance! > > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Adobe® ColdFusion® 8 software 8 is the most important and dramatic release to date Get the Free Trial http://ad.doubleclick.net/clk;207172674;29440083;f Archive: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-talk/message.cfm/messageid:314052 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-talk/subscribe.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=89.70.4
