GetTickCount

Returns a millisecond clock counter that can be used for timing sections of CFML code or any other aspects of page processing.

Syntax

GetTickCount()

Usage

The absolute value of the counter has no meaning. Generate useful timing values by taking differences between the results of GetTickCount() at specified points during page processing.

Examples

<!--- This example calls the GetTickCount
      function to track execution time --->
<HTML>
<BODY>
<!--- Setup timing test --->
<CFSET iterationCount=1000>

<!--- Time an empty loop with this many iterations --->
<CFSET tickBegin=GetTickCount()>
<CFLOOP Index=i From=1 To=#iterationCount#></CFLOOP>
<CFSET tickEnd=GetTickCount()>
<CFSET loopTime=tickEnd - tickBegin>

<!--- Report --->
<CFOUTPUT>Loop time (#iterationCount# iterations) was: #loopTime#
  milliseconds</CFOUTPUT>

</BODY>
</HTML>