An alternative point of view, the Session scope does have good practical usability and is significantly faster in most cases that constantly querying a database for each client request. We use this methodology in the ColdFusion applications where we use the Session scope. We write, read and changes all vars in the Request scope.
in application.cfm: cflock timeout="30" throwontimeout="No" type="READONLY" scope="SESSION" cfset structappend(request,Duplicate(session)) /cflock in onrequestend.cfm cflock timeout="30" throwontimeout="No" type="EXCLUSIVE" scope="SESSION" cfset structAppend(session,Duplicate(request)) /cflock The one thing to watch for here is where Cflocation or Cfabort are used as the onRequestEnd.cfm file will not be run in that case and any variables created or changed in the current Request will not be in the Session scope the next time Application.cfm runs. We deal with this by including onRequestEnd.cfm directly before any Cflocation or Cfabort tags run. Kind Regards - Mike Brunt, CTO Webapper Blog http://www.webapper.net Web site http://www.webapper.com Downey CA Office 562.243.6255 AIM - webappermb Web Application Specialists -----Original Message----- From: paul smith [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Sent: Saturday, December 14, 2002 9:49 AM To: CF-Talk Subject: RE: For the gurus: Question about state management with CLIENT sc ope It's intent is one thing. It's practicality is another. I never use session scope to maintain state. I use client scope and store client variables in a database. I let the database worry about what it is good at - locking, so I don't have to worry about it. best, paul At 04:54 PM 12/12/02 -0500, you wrote: >The Client scope isn't really intended to behave the same way as the Session >scope - it's intended more for long-term user data storage, rather than >storing data during an individual visit. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Archives: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/index.cfm?forumid=4 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/index.cfm?method=subscribe&forumid=4 FAQ: http://www.thenetprofits.co.uk/coldfusion/faq Signup for the Fusion Authority news alert and keep up with the latest news in ColdFusion and related topics. http://www.fusionauthority.com/signup.cfm
