Samuel Thanks for pointing that out for me.
KOla > >-----Original Message----- > >From: Samuel Neff [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] > >Sent: 15 December 2002 18:39 > >To: CF-Talk > >Subject: RE: Login/Password screen > > > > > >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 Get the mailserver that powers this list at http://www.coolfusion.com
