Depending on the size of the lookup table, I like using a struct to hold a reference to the row number, that way I quickly lookup the data in the query.
Lookup = structNew(); Lookup[id] = row; then you can do: query.column[Lookup[id]]; -Dan On Tuesday, July 13, 2010, Michael Dinowitz <[email protected]> wrote: > > I've got a loop which will need to look up a piece of data on each > iteration. The data is standardized so there is really just one call > to the database (outside the loop). I can either do a query of queries > on each iteration or I can turn the query into a structure and do a > structure lookup (structkeyexists, etc) on each iteration. I'm > assuming that the struct lookup will be faster/more efficient even > after having to turn the query into a structure. > Anyone have an opinion on this? > > Thanks > > -- > Michael Dinowitz > Lead Author - Adobe Coldfusion Anthology > http://www.amazon.com/Adobe-Coldfusion-Anthology-Michael-Dinowitz/dp/1430272155/?tag=houseoffusion > > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Order the Adobe Coldfusion Anthology now! http://www.amazon.com/Adobe-Coldfusion-Anthology-Michael-Dinowitz/dp/1430272155/?tag=houseoffusion Archive: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-talk/message.cfm/messageid:335337 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-talk/subscribe.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-talk/unsubscribe.cfm
