>>Is it ok to use CF5's "Automatic read locking" for application/session scoped variables, provided that I manually lock any shared scope variable "cfset" statements?<<
Yes. Your server will have more to process so it will process it all a little more slowly, but it works great. I have tried both ways (on dev box) and noticed no significant difference in speed. Though, I lock all my reads manually for portability's (shared hosts) sake. -Craig ______________________________________________________________________ Get the mailserver that powers this list at http://www.coolfusion.com FAQ: http://www.thenetprofits.co.uk/coldfusion/faq Archives: http://www.mail-archive.com/cf-talk@houseoffusion.com/ Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/index.cfm?sidebar=lists