Re: Spawn doesn't work as advertised ...
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texte = hmmm i wanna try it. where do i get spawn?Alex McCombie wrote:> on 2/13/00 5:51 PM, Kenneth Grome at ken@simplewebstores.com wrote:>> > Has anyone ever seen any evidence that [spawn] actually speeds up the serving> > of web pages?> >> > That's the claim of the [spawn] context -- it's supposed to allow the> > resulting page to be delivered instantly, rather than waiting for the code> > inside the spawn context to be processed by webcatalog.> >> > However, it does not work.> >> > The only thing I can see that [spawn] actually does is hide the enclosed> > results from the web page. It fails to make the page return any faster, that's> > for sure!> >> > When I hit a template with an applescript context in it, the template takes> > 30-40 seconds to be returned. And when I put that applescript inside a [spawn]> > context, it *still* takes 30-40 seconds for the page to be returned!> >> > From what I can see, [spawn] does not work at all ...> >> > :(> Actually no, I use spawn on a variety of pages. One in particular is> looping 500 times through a tcpconnect context, getting data and then> appending that data to a text file.>> Inside the spawn context the page returns in less then 1 second.> However, the loop takes 15-20 minutes. I know this as it sends me an email> when it reaches the end of its loop, letting me know that it is done and the> data is ready.>> So perhaps there is something going on between spawn and applescript,> but it definitely does work.>> Alex> --> Alex J. McCombie (800-724-8973)> http://OurClients.com Corporate> http://McCombie.com Personal (Alex@McCombie.com)>> http://ClubGab.com/> <--- Now here's a serious WebCat Chat Room! --->>> -------------------------------------------------------------> Brought to you by CommuniGate Pro - The Buzz Word Compliant Messaging Server.> To end your Mail problems go to
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hmmm i wanna try it. where do i get spawn?Alex McCombie wrote:> on 2/13/00 5:51 PM, Kenneth Grome at ken@simplewebstores.com wrote:>> > Has anyone ever seen any evidence that [spawn] actually speeds up the serving> > of web pages?> >> > That's the claim of the [spawn] context -- it's supposed to allow the> > resulting page to be delivered instantly, rather than waiting for the code> > inside the spawn context to be processed by webcatalog.> >> > However, it does not work.> >> > The only thing I can see that [spawn] actually does is hide the enclosed> > results from the web page. It fails to make the page return any faster, that's> > for sure!> >> > When I hit a template with an applescript context in it, the template takes> > 30-40 seconds to be returned. And when I put that applescript inside a [spawn]> > context, it *still* takes 30-40 seconds for the page to be returned!> >> > From what I can see, [spawn] does not work at all ...> >> > :(> Actually no, I use spawn on a variety of pages. One in particular is> looping 500 times through a tcpconnect context, getting data and then> appending that data to a text file.>> Inside the spawn context the page returns in less then 1 second.> However, the loop takes 15-20 minutes. I know this as it sends me an email> when it reaches the end of its loop, letting me know that it is done and the> data is ready.>> So perhaps there is something going on between spawn and applescript,> but it definitely does work.>> Alex> --> Alex J. McCombie (800-724-8973)> http://OurClients.com Corporate> http://McCombie.com Personal (Alex@McCombie.com)>> http://ClubGab.com/> <--- Now here's a serious WebCat Chat Room! --->>> -------------------------------------------------------------> Brought to you by CommuniGate Pro - The Buzz Word Compliant Messaging Server.> To end your Mail problems go to .>> This message is sent to you because you are subscribed to> the mailing list .> To unsubscribe, E-mail to: > To switch to the DIGEST mode, E-mail to -------------------------------------------------------------Brought to you by CommuniGate Pro - The Buzz Word Compliant Messaging Server.To end your Mail problems go to .This message is sent to you because you are subscribed to the mailing list .To unsubscribe, E-mail to: To switch to the DIGEST mode, E-mail to
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