ok man, thanks for being so blunt! It's the first time i've approached the idea of building a cart so chill.
----- Original Message ----- From: "Matt Liotta" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "CF-Talk" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Sunday, April 28, 2002 7:22 PM Subject: RE: Shopping Cart Opinions > 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 > > > > > > > > > ______________________________________________________________________ Signup for the Fusion Authority news alert and keep up with the latest news in ColdFusion and related topics. http://www.fusionauthority.com/signup.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
