May be missing what you're trying to do, but how about generating a uuid and then having another structure linking uuids to structures.
<cfset aKey = CreateUUID()> <cfset myStructs[aKey] = AStructure> You are of course only storing a reference to the struct, not the struct itself. Matt. > -----Original Message----- > From: James Sleeman [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] > Sent: Monday, 2 September 2002 12:52 p.m. > To: CF-Talk > Subject: Uniquely identifing a structure. > > > Hi all, > I need to get a simple string value that will uniquely > identify a given > structure, currently what I am using is this... > > <CFWDDX ACTION="CFML2WDDX" INPUT=#AStructure# OUTPUT="AWddx"> > <CFSET aKey = Hash(AWddx)> > > which produces exactly what I want, but my problem is that > this happens > several times per request and thus it is potentially a bottle > neck (even if > wddx is fast, the structure in question could possibly be large). > > Does anybody have any better ideas on how to accomplish this ? > > --- > James Sleeman > > > --- > Outgoing mail is certified Virus Free. > Checked by AVG anti-virus system (http://www.grisoft.com). > Version: 6.0.384 / Virus Database: 216 - Release Date: 24/08/2002 > > ______________________________________________________________________ Your ad could be here. Monies from ads go to support these lists and provide more resources for the community. http://www.fusionauthority.com/ads.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
