CFCACHE

CFCACHE allows you to speed up pages considerably in cases where the dynamic content doesn't need to be retrieved each time a user accesses the page. To accomplish this, it creates temporary files that contain the static HTML returned from a particular run of the ColdFusion page.

You can use CFCACHE for simple URLs and URLs that contain URL parameters.

Syntax

<CFCACHE
    ACTION="CACHE" or "FLUSH" or "CLIENTCACHE" or "OPTIMAL"
    PROTOCOL="protocol_name"
    TIMEOUT="#DateAdd(datepart, number, date)#"
    DIRECTORY="directory_name_for_map_file"
    CACHEDIRECTORY="directory_name_for_cached_pages"
    EXPIREURL="wildcarded_URL_reference"
    PORT= "port_number">
ACTION

Optional. Specifies one of the following:

  • CACHE — Specifies server-side caching. The default ...

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