Using lists this way is such a bad idea it isn't even funny. As soon as the lists start to grow your performance is going to be shit.
-Matt > -----Original Message----- > From: Michael Tangorre [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] > Sent: Sunday, April 28, 2002 3:00 PM > To: CF-Talk > Subject: Shopping Cart Opinions > > Hi everyone. > > I have just created a simple shopping cart and wanted to get some thoughts > on my approach to it. > > I create a structure of lists which is stored in the session scope. > > 1. cart.quantities > 2. cart.prices > 3. cart.products > > Basically every time I (add/remove/changeqty) a product, I go through and > make changes to the three lists: > > Example: > > products list (holds product IDs) 1001, 1002, 1003, 1004 > price list (hold price for sinlge product) 5.99, 6.45, 2.50, 8.99 > quantity (holds quantity of product added) 2, 4, 1, 1 > > So basically everytime I perform an operation, I use ListFind to get the > position in the list of the product whose ID is passed into the page. > Using that location of the product in the list, I just perform simple > insertions, deletions, and updates using the location. > > Does anyone see any downsides to this method? > I build another cart using arrays, and the execution times for the > templates were considerably longer. > > Hit me back with some pros and cons or comments. > > Thanks, > Mike > > > > ______________________________________________________________________ Structure your ColdFusion code with Fusebox. Get the official book at http://www.fusionauthority.com/bkinfo.cfm 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
