You can store the data in your own datasource, and retrieve it with a query and cache that. Of course you'll need to code in some way of knowing when to get new data to put into the datasource...
David Schmidt ----- Original Message ----- From: "Jeff Fongemie" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "CF-Talk" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Friday, January 25, 2002 5:44 AM Subject: Can I somehow cache the results from a custom tag?? > Friday, January 25, 2002, 8:38:39 AM > Hello CF-Talk, > > I'm using a custom tag, called FreeData_NWS by Jim at Depressed > Press. It goes to the national Weather Service, gets some weather > data and gives them as variables. Works slick! > > I'm trying to display the temperature on every page, and if I call > this tag on every page, I get a real performance hit since the NWS is > pretty slow in giving its data. > > Is there a good way, that I can somehow cache the returned variables? > > Then on each page, just check if the variable exists before I > cfmodule the tag? > > Then if I do set them as variables, can I get them to timeout? > > > > > Best regards, > Jeff Fongemie mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > ------------------------ > ______________________________________________________________________ Dedicated Windows 2000 Server PIII 800 / 256 MB RAM / 40 GB HD / 20 GB MO/XFER Instant Activation � $99/Month � Free Setup http://www.pennyhost.com/redirect.cfm?adcode=coldfusiona 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
