CF Studio gives you an error or your CF Server? The scope attribute was introduced in CF 4.5 ( I believe ). It should work fine. It sounds like your CF Studio 4.5 may have an earlier version of the VTMs.
At 12:30 PM 11/26/2001 -0600, you wrote: >I am using CF 4.5 and Studio won't let me use scope. When I try using the >wizard, it doesn't put it in..When I add it manually, I get an error. > >-----Original Message----- >From: Jim McAtee [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] >Sent: Monday, November 26, 2001 10:47 AM >To: CF-Talk >Subject: Re: Is name locking sufficient for session vars? > > >----- Original Message ----- >From: "cf refactoring" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >To: "CF-Talk" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >Sent: Monday, November 26, 2001 9:09 AM >Subject: Is name locking sufficient for session vars? > > > > There's something that's been buggin me: > > > > Is NAME LOCKING sufficient for session variables? > > > > A best practice in CF is to always lock session > > variable access, but it's not really clear whether > > 1) NAME locking is sufficient or > > 2) should we always lock with SCOPE=SESSION? > > > > To me, the answer seems to depend on how shared memory > > is managed in CF. If session scope memory is managed > > as an entire block, then we have to use SCOPE=SESSION, > > because different user sessions can corrupt each > > other. On the other hand, if session scope memory is > > managed variable by variable, then we only need to > > worry that a single variable is not simultaneously > > accessed by two different threads, in which case a > > NAME lock would be sufficient. > > >I always assumed that setting a lock of scope=session implied that only one >particular user session was being locked. Is that not the case? Does CF >lock every current session established on the server? > >Jim > > > > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Get the mailserver that powers this list at http://www.coolfusion.com FAQ: http://www.thenetprofits.co.uk/coldfusion/faq Archives: http://www.mail-archive.com/cf-talk@houseoffusion.com/ Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/index.cfm?sidebar=lists