> Here's a conceptual question. Lets say you have a query with multiple rows > in it. There is a few calculations that will take place between items in a > row to get some additional values per row (i.e. a discount price, etc.). > One way of doing this is when outputting the query, you send the specific > data to a CFC (It's used in multiple places) and get out a structure. This > means that a 20 row query has 20 calls to the CFC. > Another way of doing it is to pass the whole query to a CFC which will then > loop over the query, do the calculations and then place the results into new > columns within the query. > The first has a single loop but multiple CFC calls while the second has 2 > loops (inside the CFC and out) but a single CFC call. > Which do you prefer? Do you see a problem with either approach?
If the query data came straight from a database rather than being a QoQ or something , then I would prefer to do all the calculations in the original SELECT statement, maybe in a stored procedure - is that an option? Nick ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Discover CFTicket - The leading ColdFusion Help Desk and Trouble Ticket application http://www.houseoffusion.com/banners/view.cfm?bannerid=48 Message: http://www.houseoffusion.com/lists.cfm/link=i:4:190783 Archives: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/threads.cfm/4 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/lists.cfm/link=s:4 Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=89.70.4 Donations & Support: http://www.houseoffusion.com/tiny.cfm/54
