My testing agrees with this. This flies in the face of what Chris Cortes says in his book "Optimizing ColdFusion 5." Page 404. Or am I reading it wrong? Does anyone else have any beefs with this book?
Jochem - thanks for pointing me at GetTickCount(). Shawn -----Original Message----- From: Venn, Matthew [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Sent: Monday, April 15, 2002 11:20 AM To: CF-Talk Subject: RE: cfoutput - was RE: cfset vs using cfscript RecordSet contained 1000 results... Using Cfoutput to loop through query: 50 ms Using Cfloop contained with cfoutput tags: 50 ms Using Cfloop with cfoutput tag contained within the cfloop tags: 170 ms Matt -----Original Message----- From: Jochem van Dieten [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Sent: Monday, April 15, 2002 11:01 AM To: CF-Talk Subject: Re: cfoutput - was RE: cfset vs using cfscript Shawn McKee wrote: > While on this topic, how about efficiency with cfoutput? > > It makes sense to me that this: > > <select name="fred"> > <cfloop query="fredQ"> > <option > value="<cfoutput>#val#</cfouput>"><cfoutput>#valDesc#</cfouput> > </cfloop> > </select> > > is faster than this: > > <cfoutput> > <select name="fred"> > <cfloop query="fredQ"> > <option value="#val#">#valDesc# > </cfloop> > </select> > </cfouput> Please explain, because it doesn't make sense to me. > But what about these? > > <select name="fred"> > <cfoutput query="fredQ"> > <option value="#val#">#valDesc# > </cfoutput> > </select> > > <select name="fred"> > <cfloop query="fredQ"> > <option value="<cfoutput>#val#">#valDesc#</cfouput> > </cfloop> > </select> GetTickCount() is your friend. Enlighten us :) Jochem ______________________________________________________________________ This list and all House of Fusion resources hosted by CFHosting.com. The place for dependable ColdFusion Hosting. 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

