I can't speak for "writedump"'s behavior but there is a difference between what's outputted by using the top attribute when using CFDUMP on an ORM object. I've experienced myself. Example:
http://www.coldfusionjedi.com/index.cfm/2009/12/7/Using-DUMPTOP-with-ORM-CFCs - Gabriel On Tue, Sep 21, 2010 at 12:53 PM, Mary Jo Sminkey <[email protected]>wrote: > > >When you cfdump an ORM entitiy, it tries to show _everything_. You can > >control how many levels are displayed by using the "top" attribute. > > I agree that writedump really can be problematic when working with ORM > objects...but I've not seen that the "top" attribute helps. According to the > docs, it sets levels for structures...not objects. And that's been my > experience as well, it doesn't do anything for ORM objects if you are trying > to dump them without converting to something else first (some of my objects > just crash the server if I try to dump them due to this). I think there's a > feature request or two to this regard in the CF bug database. > > > --- Mary Jo > > > > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| 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:337274 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-talk/subscribe.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-talk/unsubscribe.cfm
