Better yet, create another level under the SESSION structure and create your session-level structures and arrays there. It becomes very easy to whack your one session-specific level when you want to delete or re-initialize all of your user's session-specific information.
I would use "SESSION.TLA" -- Where TLA stands for an abbreviation for your web-site -- instead of "SESSION". We have found that doing this allows our developers to do what they must without clashing with CF. Robert Miller Promises Kept, LLC www.promises-kept.com email: [EMAIL PROTECTED] direct: 480.998.2918 fax: 413.845.7357 -----Original Message----- From: Dave Watts [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Sent: Monday, February 25, 2002 5:21 PM To: CF-Talk Subject: RE: Need to delete to delete a struct key before reassigning it? > My coworker has a couple of times brought up the fact > that in some places I reset a variable without deleting > it. For example, if when looking at a user's session > variable, if I find it to be out of date I reset by > <CFSET session = StructNew()> > > Or if I just need to reset their basket contents I use: > StructInsert(session,"basket",ArrayNew(1)); > > Instead, he would use: > StructDelete(session,"basket"); > StructInsert(session,"basket",ArrayNew(1)); > > Is there any problems with the way I'm doing it? He is > concerned that it may leave some stuff out in memory. CF, being a high-level language, has its own garbage collection, so you don't have to worry about this kind of stuff. It's just as good to overwrite a variable as it is to delete it and recreate it - even better, from a performance point of view. However, it's worth pointing out that in your first example, you have: <cfset session = StructNew()> You'll want to be careful with that. CF creates a few session variables, and can get confused if you delete them. I'd recommend just deleting the variables that you've created. Dave Watts, CTO, Fig Leaf Software http://www.figleaf.com/ voice: (202) 797-5496 fax: (202) 797-5444 ______________________________________________________________________ Why Share? Dedicated Win 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=coldfusionc 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
