And now to inject a little more uncertainty...
Just a couple of months ago an Allaire consultant told me that cfloop was
the second slowest tag after cfmail. Always use cfoutput to output queries.
I imagine he was speaking relatively though. I can think of some really slow
tags.
jon
----- Original Message -----
From: "Critter" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
To: "CF-Talk" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Sent: Wednesday, May 09, 2001 1:37 PM
Subject: Re: cfloop vs cfoutput
> Hello Kola,
>
> This is from the Certified ColdFusion Developer Study Guide:
>
> pg 37 Tip #1
>
> <crit_quote>
>
> The function of the query loop is the same as using <cfoutput> with a
query attribute. For
> performance reasons, use a Query loop rather than a <CFOUTPUT
query="qAny"> loop. Before
> ColdFusion 4.x, the <CFoutput query="qAny"> query loop performed better.
>
> Generally speaking you should use a <cfloop> with a query attribute
when doing all, or
> mostly, processing in the loop. If there is nothing in the loop
but display, use
> <cfoutput>
>
>
> </crit_quote>
>
> So what's right?
>
> --
> Best regards,
> Critter
> -------------------------------------------
> Wednesday, May 09, 2001, 11:50:56 S2k, you wrote:
>
>
> KO> Sorry for the crosspost (had conflicting answers from other lists)
>
> KO> but is there a consensus on which method of looping over a query is
fastest?
>
> KO> cfloop or cfoutput..
>
> KO> Cheers
>
> KO> KOLa
>
>
> KO>
>
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