>>it adds extra load on the webserver and database and fills the database.
Another point is that, with a standard image stored on the server and requested by the browser, the server can reply "No the image has not changed" and the browser can get it from its cache. If the image is produced from the database by a CF template, CF will probably read it each time, send it over the Net, and the client cache will not be used. Unless it is possible to optimize this process, but I do not how, and I won't spend on minute trying to figure how. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| 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:319927 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-talk/subscribe.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=89.70.4
