>I have a page where I want to conditionally include specific code blocks >which exist in other pages. > >What is more efficient, CFMODULE or CFINCLUDE?
One thing that wasn't mentioned in some of the other replies I saw to this thread was that CFMODULE and cfinclude are actually slightly different beasts. CFMODULE is the same thing as invoking a custom tag. The benefit of using this method over a custom tag stored in the CustomTags folder in the CF root is that it resolves name conflicts among custom tags by letting you specify where you want to store your tags (pre-CF 5 when you couldn't specify tag dirs in the CF admin, this was very useful). With CFMODULE , you supply the path to the custom tag template, whereas with the CustomTags directory in the CF root, you simply call the template and CF invokes the first instance of that template it finds (or the last, I always get that confused!). CFMODULE also creates it variables in its own scope, a la custom tags. CFINCLUDE runs in the same scope as the page request -- variables in the cfinclude can be clobbered or can clobber other variables with the same scope/name. So yes, the other responses were correct in that CFINCLUDE is the more efficient method. But it also depends on what you're trying to accomplish. Hope this helps, Dave. ______________________________________________________________________ This list and all House of Fusion resources hosted by CFHosting.com. The place for dependable ColdFusion Hosting. FAQ: http://www.thenetprofits.co.uk/coldfusion/faq Archives: http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/ Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/index.cfm?sidebar=lists
