CFThread is a wonderful addition to ColdFusion 8. It lets you perform parallel actions within your code. However, parallel programming is a complex beast under the best of circumstances.
One of the early things to realize in CF8’s threading support is that it makes a deep copy of the local variables (ala Duplicate()) when [...]
CFThread and dividing up work
April 23rd, 2008 · 2 Comments · ColdFusion, Programming
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Real Time Command Execution Feedback
March 27th, 2008 · No Comments · ColdFusion, Programming
Did you ever write a utility ColdFusion script which uses <cfexecute> to run a command and send output back to the browser? It makes for convenient and monitorable remote execution of certain repetitive tasks. My most common use for this sort of thing is for example an rsync process which can be invoked [...]
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