On 6/12/02, [EMAIL PROTECTED] penned: >You're kidding me? How come you never see things like this in help files, >etc? So, you're saying that if I do this: > ><cfset variables.user = session.user> > ><cfset variables.user.username = "blah blah, overwriting original value"> > >That session.user.username now contains what I did for >variables.user.username? > >~Todd
No, that's not correct. variables.user.username will be "blah blah, overwriting original value". session.user will still be the original value. If session.user is a simple value, a string, "Joe Blow", then using... <cflock scope="session" type="readonly" timeout="10"> <cfset variables.user = session.user> </cflock> <cfoutput>#variables.user#</cfoutput> ..will be fine without locking the output because variables.user is a new variable. However, if session.user is a "complex" variable, a query, array, etc., then using... <cflock scope="session" type="readonly" timeout="10"> <cfset variables.user = session.user> </cflock> <cfoutput query="variables.user">#variables.user.username#<br></cfoutput> ..will need to be locked because you haven't created a new variable. You have simply created a "pointer" to session.user. This will create a "new" variable called variables.user rather than a pointer: <cflock scope="session" type="readonly" timeout="10"> <cfset variables.user = duplicate(session.user)> </cflock> <cfoutput query="variables.user">#variables.user.username#<br></cfoutput> or for version 4.01... <cflock name="some_unique_name" type="readonly" timeout="10"> <cfwddx action="cfml2wddx" input="#session.user#" output="newvariable"> <cfwddx action="wddx2cfml" input="#newvariable#" output="variables.user"> </cflock> <cfoutput query="variables.user">#variables.user.username#<br></cfoutput> Simple, yes? LOL -- Bud Schneehagen - Tropical Web Creations _/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/ ColdFusion Solutions / eCommerce Development [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.twcreations.com/ 954.721.3452 ______________________________________________________________________ Structure your ColdFusion code with Fusebox. Get the official book at http://www.fusionauthority.com/bkinfo.cfm 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
