THE THREAD-LOCAL SCOPE These two lines are equivalent, with one exception: If you use the var keyword, the assignment code must immediately follow the cfthread tag, before any other CFML tags. https://helpx.adobe.com/coldfusion/developing-applications/developing-cfml-applications/using-coldfusion-threads/using-thread-data.html is that still true or just cruft from the bad old days when var had to be at the start of a function?

Let me check.