> With application variables, we set these the very first time
> application.cfm
> is called, but never then write to them. Do we still *really* need to lock
> all reads of these?
Repeat after me, "If I type Application, Session, or Server, I must use
CFLOCK." It's as simple as that. Ok, it's not always 100% necessary,
especially if your site doesn't get much traffic, but why worry? If you
always LOCK, you can always NOT worry about it, know what I mean? One trick
I do is to copy my App vars to the Request scope using Duplicate().
> On session variables, they are only related to the session, so no
> matter how
> many users you have on line only the current session can be doing anything
> to the 'instances' of session variables that belong to it. Again,
> therefore,
> I can't see why you'd need to lock accesses to them. We don't use
> 'server',
> so I have no comments about those.
Yes, but things like frames could cause multiple instances of the session
var to be used, which could lead to corruption, etc. Again, why worry when
you can be safe? Just CFLOCK your vars and life as you know it will improve.
The weather will get nicer. Dogs and cats will get along. Microsoft will
release a working version of Windows. The list is endless. :>
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Raymond Camden, Cold Fusion Jedi Master for Syntegra (www.syntegra.com)
Allaire Certified Instructor and Member of Team Allaire
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