Not only that, but when you come across a host who locks that down, you save yourself this heartache as well.
On Fri, Dec 30, 2011 at 1:48 AM, Greg Morphis <[email protected]> wrote: > > Even so, always scope your variables! It hardly adds any time to > development and it makes your code much more readable and easier to > follow later on. > > On Thu, Dec 29, 2011 at 8:40 AM, Justin Scott <[email protected]> > wrote: > > > >> When I use REQUEST.dataSource it tells me the name set in the > >> Application.cfc boy I feel dumb! > > > > That's okay, we all start somewhere. Most of the time you can > > reference a variable name without its scope and ColdFusion will find > > it for you. See the scope priority list to see how ColdFusion > > searches through the scopes to find variable references: > > > > http://fusiongrokker.com/post/scope-priority-changes-in-coldfusion-9 > > > > The request, application, and session scopes are not searched, > > however, and need to be referenced directly as you discovered. It's > > always considered good practice to explicitly scope all variable > > references to make your code more readable and prevent unexpected > > errors and collisions. > > > > > > -Justin Scott > > > > > > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Order the Adobe Coldfusion Anthology now! http://www.amazon.com/Adobe-Coldfusion-Anthology/dp/1430272155/?tag=houseoffusion Archive: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-newbie/message.cfm/messageid:5757 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-newbie/subscribe.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-newbie/unsubscribe.cfm
