Speeding up my [showif] performance

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1999

It keeps the original formatting. numero = 23010
interpreted = N
texte = Inside a showif context, I have a choice of at least three options. When the webdna code inside the showif is used only in this template, I use Option#1. If the code gets used in more than one template, I use Option#2. I very seldom use Option#3, but there's no reason why I couldn't ...Option #1 - direct code entry:[showif [x]=y]my webdna code goes here, directly in the template ...[/showif]Option #2 - store the code in an include file:[showif [x]=y][include fileWithMyCodeInIt][/showif]Option #3 - store the code in a db:[showif [x]=y][interpret][lookup ... fieldWithMyCodeInIt][/interpret][/showif]My questions (for PCS) are:1- Which option is fastest, second-fastest, and slowest?2- Does the answer to #1 depend on how the showif evaluates?I think Option#2 would be fastest when the showif evaluates to false, because I'm assuming that webcat parses the least amount of code in this example, and it does not parse the code inside the include file. Is this correct?But if the showif is true, then Option#1 should be fastest, because the code that needs to be interpreted is already there, inside the showif itself, so webcat doesn't have to perform any extra steps to include it from a separate file or to look it up it in a db file.Sincerely,Ken Grome808-737-6499WebDNA Solutionsmailto:ken@webdna.nethttp://www.webdna.net Associated Messages, from the most recent to the oldest:

Re: Speeding up my [showif] performance (Kenneth Grome 1999) Re: Speeding up my [showif] performance (PCS Technical Support 1999) Re: Speeding up my [showif] performance (Gary Richter 1999) Speeding up my [showif] performance (Kenneth Grome 1999)

Inside a showif context, I have a choice of at least three options. When the webdna code inside the showif is used only in this template, I use Option#1. If the code gets used in more than one template, I use Option#2. I very seldom use Option#3, but there's no reason why I couldn't ...Option #1 - direct code entry:[showif [x]=y]my webdna code goes here, directly in the template ...[/showif]Option #2 - store the code in an include file:[showif [x]=y][include fileWithMyCodeInIt][/showif]Option #3 - store the code in a db:[showif [x]=y][interpret][lookup ... fieldWithMyCodeInIt][/interpret][/showif]My questions (for PCS) are:1- Which option is fastest, second-fastest, and slowest?2- Does the answer to #1 depend on how the showif evaluates?I think Option#2 would be fastest when the showif evaluates to false, because I'm assuming that webcat parses the least amount of code in this example, and it does not parse the code inside the include file. Is this correct?But if the showif is true, then Option#1 should be fastest, because the code that needs to be interpreted is already there, inside the showif itself, so webcat doesn't have to perform any extra steps to include it from a separate file or to look it up it in a db file.Sincerely,Ken Grome808-737-6499WebDNA Solutionsmailto:ken@webdna.nethttp://www.webdna.net Kenneth Grome

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