While there arguably are circumstances where you don't need to lock, if you just do it always, everywhere (subject to the smart use of temp vars as was pointed out already), your code will work properly. I have yet to see any instance where locking instituted any noticeable performance penalty at any level.
Just Say Yes to CFLock... Always and Forevermore. :-) -------------------------------------------- Matt Robertson [EMAIL PROTECTED] MSB Designs, Inc. http://mysecretbase.com -------------------------------------------- -----Original Message----- From: Webmaster [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Sent: Sunday, January 12, 2003 12:24 PM To: CF-Talk Subject: Another Locking Question Hi, If I reference an APPLICATION var using isDefined, do I have to read lock it. Is the var really being read? ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| 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 Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=89.70.4