Bud, re-read my previous emails... I said session.user is usally a structure.
Thanks, ~Todd On Wed, 12 Jun 2002, Bud wrote: > On 6/12/02, [EMAIL PROTECTED] penned: > >You're kidding me? How come you never see things like this in help files, > >etc? So, you're saying that if I do this: > > > ><cfset variables.user = session.user> > > > ><cfset variables.user.username = "blah blah, overwriting original value"> > > > >That session.user.username now contains what I did for > >variables.user.username? > > > >~Todd > > No, that's not correct. variables.user.username will be "blah blah, > overwriting original value". session.user will still be the original > value. > > If session.user is a simple value, a string, "Joe Blow", then using... > > <cflock scope="session" type="readonly" timeout="10"> > <cfset variables.user = session.user> > </cflock> > <cfoutput>#variables.user#</cfoutput> > > ..will be fine without locking the output because variables.user is > a new variable. > > However, if session.user is a "complex" variable, a query, array, > etc., then using... > > <cflock scope="session" type="readonly" timeout="10"> > <cfset variables.user = session.user> > </cflock> > <cfoutput query="variables.user">#variables.user.username#<br></cfoutput> > > ..will need to be locked because you haven't created a new variable. > You have simply created a "pointer" to session.user. > > This will create a "new" variable called variables.user rather than a pointer: > > <cflock scope="session" type="readonly" timeout="10"> > <cfset variables.user = duplicate(session.user)> > </cflock> > <cfoutput query="variables.user">#variables.user.username#<br></cfoutput> > > or for version 4.01... > > <cflock name="some_unique_name" type="readonly" timeout="10"> > <cfwddx action="cfml2wddx" input="#session.user#" output="newvariable"> > <cfwddx action="wddx2cfml" input="#newvariable#" output="variables.user"> > </cflock> > <cfoutput query="variables.user">#variables.user.username#<br></cfoutput> > > Simple, yes? LOL > -- ============================================================ Todd Rafferty ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) - http://www.web-rat.com/ | Team Macromedia Volunteer for ColdFusion | http://www.macromedia.com/support/forums/team_macromedia/ | http://www.flashCFM.com/ - webRat (Moderator) | http://www.ultrashock.com/ - webRat (Back-end Moderator) | ============================================================ ______________________________________________________________________ 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
