[thelist] asp functions/performance

[Ken Schaefer]

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: From: thelist-bounces at lists.evolt.org [mailto:thelist-
: bounces at lists.evolt.org] On Behalf Of Dena Marchant
: Subject: [thelist] asp functions/performance
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: What is the best way to make user defined functions 
: and subroutines available to my asp pages?  If I put 
: all the functions in an include will that affect 
: performance?
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There will be an effect the first time the page is accessed (after every
reboot for IIS5, but only the first time after a page has been saved in IIS6
as it uses persistent template cache). When the page is accessed the first
time, all the include files, plus the page itself are "pseudo-compiled". The
more code you have, the longer this takes.

If you only have a few hundred lines of code, I wouldn't worry too much about
it. If you are getting to the point where you have 1000+ lines of code in
include files, consider splitting them by functionality, and only including
the include files you need for that page.

Consider moving to .NET as well - much better performance on today's
hardware.

Cheers
Ken

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