if i understand correctly, a week or so ago you (dave) mentioned that duplicate was only necessary for a session structure if it contained other complex variables. you said that StructCopy was sufficient if it was merely a structure with simple variables. is this correct?
christopher olive, cto, vp of web development cresco technologies, inc 410.825.0383 http://www.crescotech.com -----Original Message----- From: Dave Watts [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Sent: Sunday, November 11, 2001 5:00 PM To: CF-Talk Subject: RE: Request Scope Questions > A couple of notes here: if you do this, use something like > > <cfset request.var=Duplicate(session.var)> > > to transfer the variable. If you don't use Duplicate() - correct > me if I'm wrong someone! - then request.var just becomes a 'pointer' > to session.var, and session.var is still actually read when you > refer later to request.var (rendering the whole business kind of > redundant!). Duplicate() - which is only available in CF4.5+ - > makes request.var a 'deep' copy of session.var, and then request.var > technically has nothing to do with session.var except having the > same value. It's only necessary to use Duplicate in this case if Session.var is a structure or a query. If it's just a simple value, you don't need to worry - simple values are always passed by value, not by reference. Dave Watts, CTO, Fig Leaf Software http://www.figleaf.com/ voice: (202) 797-5496 fax: (202) 797-5444 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Get the mailserver that powers this list at http://www.coolfusion.com FAQ: http://www.thenetprofits.co.uk/coldfusion/faq Archives: http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/ Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/index.cfm?sidebar=lists
