CFTIMER  
Description

Displays execution time for a specified section of CFML code. ColdFusion MX displays the timing information along with any output produced by the timed code.

Note: To permit this tag to execute, you must enable the Timer Information option under Debugging Settings in the ColdFusion MX Administrator.
 
Category

Debugging tags

 
Syntax
<cftimer
   label= "text"
   type = "inline" or "outline" or "comment" or "debug" >

   CFML statement(s)

</cftimer>
 
See also

cfdump, cftrace; Chapter 18, "Debugging and Troubleshooting Applications" in ColdFusion MX Developer's Guide

 
History

ColdFusion MX 7: Added this tag.

 
Usage

Use this tag to determine how long it takes for a block of code to execute. You can nest cftimer tags.

This tag is useful for debugging CFML code during application development. In production, you can leave cftimer tags in your code as long as you have disabled the debugging option in the ColdFusion MX Administrator.

 
Example
...
<!--- type="inline"> --->
     <cftimer label="Query and Loop Time Inline" type="inline">
      <cfquery name="empquery" datasource="cfdocexamples">
            select *
            from Employees
      </cfquery>

      <cfloop query="empquery">
        <cfoutput>#lastname#, #firstname#</cfoutput><br>
      </cfloop>
   </cftimer>
<hr><br>

<!--- type="outline" --->
     <cftimer label="Query and CFOUTPUT Time with Outline" type="outline">
      <cfquery name="coursequery" datasource="cfdocexamples">
            select *
            from CourseList
      </cfquery>
   <table border="1" width="100%">
      <cfoutput query="coursequery">
      <tr>
      <td>#Course_ID#</td>
      <td>#CorName#</td>
      <td>#CorLevel#</td>
      </tr>
      </cfoutput>
      </table>
   </cftimer>
<hr><br>

<!--- type="comment" --->
     <cftimer label="Query and CFOUTPUT Time in Comment" type="comment">
      <cfquery name="parkquery" datasource="cfdocexamples">
            select *
            from Parks
      </cfquery>
        <p>Select View &gt; Source to see timing information</p>
       <table border="1" width="100%">
      <cfoutput query="parkquery">
      <tr>
      <td>#Parkname#</td>
      </tr>
      </cfoutput>
      </table>
   </cftimer>
<hr><br>

<!--- type="debug" --->
     <cftimer label="Query and CFOUTPUT Time in Debug Output" type="debug">
      <cfquery name="deptquery" datasource="cfdocexamples">
            select *
            from Departments
      </cfquery>
        <p>Scroll down to CFTimer Times heading to see timing information</p>
       <table border="1" width="100%">
      <cfoutput query="deptquery">
      <tr>
      <td>#Dept_ID#</td>
      <td>#Dept_Name#</td>
      </tr>
      </cfoutput>
      </table>
   </cftimer>
...
LABEL  
  Optional
 
Default value: "" ""

Label to display with timing information.
TYPE  
  Optional
 
Default value: "debug"
  • inline: displays timing information inline, following the resulting HTML.
  • outline: displays timing information and also displays a line around the output produced by the timed code. The browser must support the FIELDSET tag to display the outline.
  • comment: displays timing information in an HTML comment in the format <!-- label: elapsed-time ms -->. The default label is cftimer.
  • debug: displays timing information in the debug output under the heading CFTimer Times.