It's not the cfcontent is resource intensive, but using it for security like I suggested causes 5-10 times as many requests to go through CF whereas before they would just go to the web server.
Typical request for CFM page = one request to CF. Request for CFM page with all images going through CF = 5-10 requests to CF A lot more requests for CF to handle, albeit short ones. Might help to increase number of simultaneous requests being processed. Sorry I didn't mention this in my original post. > -----Original Message----- > From: Kola Oyedeji [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] > Sent: Sunday, December 15, 2002 12:45 PM > To: CF-Talk > Subject: RE: Login/Password screen > > > Why is that? Is CFCONTENT resource intensive? > > > Kola > > > >> > > >> For example, put all of your images in a folder that > > >> is not within the wwwroot and request them like this: > > >> > > >> <img src="getImage.cfm?imagePath=storeFront/header.gif"> > > >> > > >> And then in the CFM use CFCONTENT to send back the image. > > >> Works equally well with PDF, Word, Excel, etc. files. > > > > > >This is a good solution, but you need to be careful when using > > >it, because > > >it can introduce a significant amount of additional load onto CF. > > > > > >Dave Watts, CTO, Fig Leaf Software > > >http://www.figleaf.com/ > > >voice: (202) 797-5496 > > >fax: (202) 797-5444 > > > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| 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 This list and all House of Fusion resources hosted by CFHosting.com. The place for dependable ColdFusion Hosting.