I hate when people start this. You will only see any overhead if you use hundreds of IIF statements in a page or in some sort of nested loop. Otherwise the difference is too small to notice, it wont even make a 1ms difference to your page if you have a cfif instead of an IIF.
Russ Michaels Macromedia/Allaire Certified ColdFusion Developer CFMX Hosting Phone: 0845 456 3487 Tech Support: 0906 9607800 FAX: 0709 2212 636 WEB: cfmxhosting.co.uk >Please use the support helpdesk on our web site to submit support tickets.< Join our ColdFusion Developer discussion lists. Send an e-mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] > -----Original Message----- > From: EWS [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > Sent: 21 January 2004 10:44 > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Subject: Re: [ cf-dev ] Nested IIf functions > > > Just a quick point. IIF is great but use sparingly. If possible use > CFSWITCH of CFIF as IIf does have a greater processing > overhead. If this > is not possible then IIf is fine and does a great job. > > Just a thought > > On Wed, 21 Jan 2004 10:34:25 -0000, Tomo Smith > <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > wrote: > > > > > #IIf(GetPatients.wait_time_mins[i] GT 381000, > > DE("red"), 'IIf(GetPatients.wait_time_mins[i] GT 375000, > > DE("orange"), DE("blue"))')# > > > > try the iif statement above. I changed your DEs to use > double quotes, > > and > > your inner IIF has single quotes around it, otherwise it wont work! > > > > Cheers, > > > > Tom > > > > > > > > ----- Original Message ----- > > From: "Osullivan Karl (RKB) Senior Analyst/Programmer" > > <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > To: "CF - Development Group" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > Sent: Wednesday, January 21, 2004 10:27 AM > > Subject: [ cf-dev ] Nested IIf functions > > > > > >> > >> UHCWT Logo > >> > >> > >> Hello > >> > >> Is it possible to nest IIf statements, as I'm trying to do the > >> following: > >> > >> style="background-color:#IIf(GetPatients.wait_time_mins[i] > GT 381000, > >> DE('red'), IIf(GetPatients.wait_time_mins[i] GT 375000, > DE('orange'), > >> DE('blue')))#;" > >> > >> However, when I run this, the following message appears > >> > >> > >> Variable orange is undefined. > >> > >> > >> > >> Is my syntax wrong? I thought it looked okay. Obviously > the above > >> is within a <CFOUTPUT> tag. > >> > >> > >> > >> > >> Karl O'Sullivan > >> Senior Analyst/Programmer > >> > >> Computer & Network Services > >> UHCW NHS Trust > >> Clifford Bridge Road > >> COVENTRY > >> CV2 2DX > >> > >> Contact: > >> Tel (internal): 28952 > >> Tel (external): +44 (0) 24 7696 8952 > >> Email: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > >> Web: www.uhcw.nhs.uk > <http://www.uhcw.nhs.uk> > >> > >> > >> > >> > >> > >> > > > > > > > > -- > ** Archive: http://www.mail-archive.com/dev%40lists.cfdeveloper.co.uk/ > > To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > For additional commands, e-mail: > [EMAIL PROTECTED] For human help, e-mail: > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > -- ** Archive: http://www.mail-archive.com/dev%40lists.cfdeveloper.co.uk/ To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For human help, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
