As Andrew says, it's best done in the DB before your data becomes a list. If you can't do that for some reason, convert your list to an array and loop over that. Arrays are much faster than long lists. The longer the list/array, the bigger the performance difference.
- Cameron On May 3, 2012, at 12:37 AM, Les Mizzell <lesm...@bellsouth.net> wrote: > > Got an app that sends out email to various lists - CF8 > > I'm checking to be sure there are any duplicates between the two lists > > req.this list - usually pretty small - ten or so email addresses > req.groupLIST - is the problem - it could be a500 or more addresses at > times. > > <cfloop list="#req.thisLIST#" index="i"> > <cfif NOT listfindnocase(req.groupLIST,#i#)> > DO MY STUFF HERE > </cfif> > </cfloop> > > Is there a more efficient way to do the above? If req.groupLIST ends up > being a HUGE list - at what point will this choke down and time out? > > > > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Order the Adobe Coldfusion Anthology now! http://www.amazon.com/Adobe-Coldfusion-Anthology/dp/1430272155/?tag=houseoffusion Archive: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-talk/message.cfm/messageid:350971 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-talk/subscribe.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-talk/unsubscribe.cfm
