CFFILE and CFHTTP are for different things: You can't use CFFILE if: * target file is not in local system * you need to process the file through the web server/application server of the target system (eg. to generate HTML from CFM files).
You can't use CFHTTP if: * target file is not under the web root * you want the unprocessed file (eg. original CFM source file) You can use either CFFILE or CFHTTP if: * target file is under web root of local system * target file is just a static HTML file In this case, use CFFILE because it will always have less overhead than CFHTTP. Regards: Ayudh +--------------------------------------------------------------+ | Turn on your Revenue Stream... | | Bolt on a Virtual Cash Register to your e-commerce site now. | | VeriPay from Xilo Online: http://www.xilo.com | +--------------------------------------------------------------+ ----- Original Message ----- From: "Daniel Morphett" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "CFAussie Mailing List" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Wednesday, February 05, 2003 09:07 Subject: [cfaussie] Re: CFFILE vs CFHTTP to read file to db > I'd steer well clear of cfhttp if I were you: it's crap. Notoriously slow > and unreliable. > > on the subject, anyone know of a good alternative to it? Like a cfx tag? > calling a com object instead? > > At 01:34 PM 2/4/2003 +1100, you wrote: > >I am wondering if anyone has any thoughts and opinions on unsing CFFILE vs > >CFHTTP to read a file and insert the content into a database. Is one or > >other more reliable, flexible in handling the content. > > > >Currently I use a CFHTTP call to read and loop over the content of a text > >file to insert it into the database. With CFMX I have had a few problems > >with the way this works, and since I have not used CFFILE before to > >perform this action, I want to know the communities thoughts on the > >differences. > > > >Thanks > >Mark > > > >--- > >You are currently subscribed to cfaussie as: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > >To unsubscribe send a blank email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > > >MX Downunder AsiaPac DevCon - http://mxdu.com/ > > > --- > You are currently subscribed to cfaussie as: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > To unsubscribe send a blank email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > MX Downunder AsiaPac DevCon - http://mxdu.com/ --- You are currently subscribed to cfaussie as: [email protected] To unsubscribe send a blank email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] MX Downunder AsiaPac DevCon - http://mxdu.com/
