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Last updated 11/08/06

CFHTTP Tag
Always Define a Timeout Value

When using the ColdFusion CFHTTP Tag to load data from another web site into your own, always define a timeout value.

The ColdFusion servers are set to accept up to 13 ColdFusion threads at a time.  If your CFHTTP tag is calling a web site that happens to be down, that one thread will be allocated indefinitely waiting for a return.  If your site is a high traffic site, it alone could consume all available ColdFusion threads with a short period of time, thus preventing all other ColdFusion applications on that shared machine from operating properly.