Technically, they both will work. However, what if you have a different process of calling the same function that doesn't use the form scope?
What if you want to call the same method as a web service? Your current system will fail at that time. <realitycheck> Of course, if you fully control your code and no one else will ever use it, then do what you think works best for you. I have some code that might not pass the approval of several people, but it works for me and I can understand it. If your code is not being compared to others, nor are you being judged as part of your compensation, it really doesn't matter. However, at some point, you will find that following these accepted principals will become beneficial. That is when it "clicks" and you see the light. </realitycheck> -----Original Message----- From: Rick Faircloth [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Wednesday, October 22, 2008 10:15 AM To: cf-talk Subject: Re: How can this CFC be improved? Thanks for the feedback, Mike. > Even though it works, it is not a normal practice for the guts of a > component to know what is going on outside. What's the difference, ultimately, in referring to the form variables in <cfset myObj.update_product(form, product_id)> and just referring to them directly in the query? Either way, they're still just methods of "informing" the method of the data "on the outside", right??? It just seems like two different ways of doing the same thing... Rick ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| 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:314232 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-talk/subscribe.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=89.70.4
