Sean A Corfield wrote: > On Sunday, Jan 12, 2003, at 13:23 US/Pacific, Matt Robertson wrote: > >>I have yet >>to see any instance where locking instituted any noticeable performance >>penalty at any level. > > > If you lock within Application.cfm, you will single-thread your > application and it will not scale. For low-traffic applications, that > may be fine.
I think that is a bit of an oversimplification. Maybe it is a good idea to distinguish between readonly and exclusive locks and between different scopes. But if we are talking performance penalties, single-threaded sessions are evil. Jochem ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| 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 Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=89.70.4
