If you are going to do that, you might think of using fusebox, which does a very good job of seperating the application logic away from the the display. You can also use just one layout file and have it inherited by all the child directories etc...
http://www.fusebox.org Douglas Brown Email: [EMAIL PROTECTED] ----- Original Message ----- From: "Adams, Stephen" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "CF-Talk" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Tuesday, July 16, 2002 8:13 AM Subject: RE: Writing efficient CFIF statements > ********************************************************************** > WESTMINSTER CITY COUNCIL > Please refer to the disclaimer beneath this message > ********************************************************************** > > Thanks Joe, > > That was what I was kind of looking for. I am also thinking about the way I > design application. I find that a lot of my app's are not very flexable. If > someone wants to have a new field in a form or a new page added in between > two existing pages. I find it causes me a lot of re-writing to make these > simple changes. > > Does anyone have any tips that could help me design better code. > > Stephen > > > ---------- > > From: Joe Bastian[SMTP:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] > > Sent: 16 July 2002 16:06 > > To: CF-Talk > > Subject: RE: Writing efficient CFIF statements > > > > The LEAST no of "CFIF" is the route to best code/speed etc.. This is my > > theory though > > Using CFSCRIPT blocks, short-cut evaluation, Switch statements wherever > > possible than > > CFIF, arranging likely executable CFIF's/Switch first etc > > > > > > Would be cleaner code to seperate Application Logic from Presentation > > layer. > > eg qry_studentStatus.cfm (Query) > > dsp_studentStatus.cfm(Display) > > Use of CFoutput's only where necessary is faster than wraping it around > > entire HTML etc. > > > > Joe > > Certified Advanced ColdFusion Developer > > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > > > -----Original Message----- > > From: Adams, Stephen [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] > > Sent: Tuesday, July 16, 2002 5:09 AM > > To: CF-Talk > > Subject: Writing efficient CFIF statements > > > > > > ********************************************************************** > > WESTMINSTER CITY COUNCIL > > Please refer to the disclaimer beneath this message > > ********************************************************************** > > > > Hi, > > > > I am trying to put more structure into my CF code. My idea is to separate > > the ColdFusion processing from the HTML structure and use CSS for the look > > of the site. I am trying to get an idea of what is the best way to > > separate > > the CF. I know that I could use custom tags, user defined function and if > > I > > was using MX, then components. But these are for code that can across > > used > > in multiple pages. What I am talking about is the CF for an individual > > page. > > > > What has all this to do with CFIF statements, well. I was thinking of > > setting a series of flags that are checked against in my HTML. The CFIF > > statements are there to check the value of these flags and amend the page > > depending on these flags. So I want to be able to write good efficient > > CFIF > > statements so that my code is up to speed. > > > > Here's an example of what I am talking about: > > > > <!--- Default ColdFusion Parameters ---> > > <cfparam name="QueryResults" default="" type="string"> > > > > <!--- ColdFusion Processing ---> > > <cfquery name="myQuery" datasource="myDSN"> > > SELECT * > > FROM myTable > > </cfquery> > > > > <!--- Sets flags ---> > > <cfif myQuery.RecordCount EQ 0> > > <cfset QueryResults = 1> > > </cfif> > > > > <!DOCTYPE HTML PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD HTML 4.01 Transitional//EN"> > > > > <html> > > <head> > > <title>Untitled</title> > > </head> > > > > <body> > > > > <cfif QueryResults EQ "1"> > > <table cellspacing="2" cellpadding="2"> > > <tr> > > <td class="mainFont">Results found.</td> > > </tr> > > </table> > > <cfelse> > > <table cellspacing="2" cellpadding="2"> > > <tr> > > <td class="mainFont">No results found.</td> > > </tr> > > </table> > > </cfif> > > </body> > > </html> > > > > This is a simple example, but it shows how I want to keep the processing > > separate at the top of the page. > > > > My question, finally, is how are CFIF statements best written if I want to > > code this way and or is there a better way of writing my CF code. > > > > Thanks. > > > > > > ********************************************************************** > > Westminster City Council switchboard: > > +44 20 7641 6000 > > ********************************************************************** > > This E-Mail may contain information which is > > privileged, confidential and protected from > > disclosure. 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