Not really. In my tests it took about 3.5 times longer to run this
<cfif fileExists()>
than it did to run this:
<cfif x IS 1>
So you shouldn't worry about it. My mediocre machine will still run about 6
<cfif fileExists()> per millisecond.
Bryan Love Macromedia Certified Professional
Internet Application Developer / Database Analyst
Telecommunication Systems Inc.
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-----Original Message-----
From: Brook Davies [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]
Sent: Friday, November 16, 2001 1:11 PM
To: CF-Talk
Subject: is fileexists slow?
Is <cffileexists> slow, or processor/file system intensive?
Would it be unwise to have a <cffileexists> on a template which is called
frequently? I could create a flag in the db indicating that a file exists
as an alternative. But is it necessary? Would a large number of
<fileexists> calls cause a drag on the file system? Or is it relatively
fast?
Thanks for the insights!
Brook
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