The answers thus far are great. Generally they way I look at it is this. CFCs are stateful, meaning they can hold data and persist over time, udfs are just a place to put commonly used code. For instance if you have a bunch of time calculation functions could just put them in a time_finctions.cfm and using them that way as opposed to creating a time_functions component. I say this becuase generally with time calculations you want to feed it a time and some other data and it returns something...you don't need it to maintain a state between calls. On the other hand if you have a shopping cart where you will do calculations on say an order...you may put your Order into a CFC. Your CFC will maintain the order information as well as a suite of functions that can act upon that information. Hope this simplistic example helps you apply all the knowledge that you will inevitabley be given in this thread :)
Adam H On Mon, 28 Mar 2005 00:18:55 -0500, David Brown <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > I am new to both of these features, but I am getting the hang of them. My > question is: What is the difference between them? > > What are the pro's and cons to each? > > If I create a CFC with a several methods in it is that not the same thing if > I have one template with the several functions on it? Is a CFC just a > collection of UDF's? > > Does CFC use up more memory then UDF's? > > I am looking for best practice I guess. Sorry for the steam of thought > email. > > David > > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Find out how CFTicket can increase your company's customer support efficiency by 100% http://www.houseoffusion.com/banners/view.cfm?bannerid=49 Message: http://www.houseoffusion.com/lists.cfm/link=i:4:200194 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
