You can easily do recursion with <cfinclude> you just need to manage a stack. This was discussion on BACFUG recently, see http://mail.vfive.com/cgi-bin/ezmlm-cgi?1:mss:8970:200207:lkhpedlenceoek dnajco.
Matt Liotta President & CEO Montara Software, Inc. http://www.montarasoftware.com/ V: 415-577-8070 F: 415-341-8906 P: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > -----Original Message----- > From: Philip Arnold - ASP [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] > Sent: Thursday, July 25, 2002 5:50 AM > To: CF-Talk > Subject: RE: local vs. request > > > I try to avoid Custom Tags as much as possible.. takes twice the time > > to run compared to a Regular Include....by defining its own space. > > Unless its something low level(CFX) CF cant do.. why bother? > > One word - Recursion! > > You can't recurce (effectively) with a CFINCLUDE, but using a CF_ or > CFMODULE you can do it quite easily > > As long as you're not passing loads of information as attributes, then > it's perfectly acceptable > > A classic example of this is a site map as a tree, if you don't know how > many levels the data goes to (with parents and children) and it's > dynamic, then using a Custom Tag is the simplest solution > > If you're worried about the speed, then cache the layout and just > re-load it when there's a change > > Philip Arnold > Technical Director > Certified ColdFusion Developer > ASP Multimedia Limited > Switchboard: +44 (0)20 8680 8099 > Fax: +44 (0)20 8686 7911 > > www.aspmedia.co.uk > www.aspevents.net > > An ISO9001 registered company. > > ********************************************************************** > This email and any files transmitted with it are confidential and > intended solely for the use of the individual or entity to whom they > are addressed. If you have received this email in error please notify > the system manager. > ********************************************************************** > > > ______________________________________________________________________ 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/cf-talk@houseoffusion.com/ Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/index.cfm?sidebar=lists
