> Maybe I'm narrowing the choices by my question. I'm not hung
> up on PING. I would merely like to be able to check for a URL
> behind the scenes in my script, without forcing my visitor to
> do it for me (enter it, test it, and either click the back button
> or close the new window, depending on how I set it up). If the
> address, entered in a browser, would return a 404 I'd like to
> be able to send back a prompt, so the user can take appropriate
> action.
This requires making an HTTP request for the URL and seeing the results you
get back, or the status code if you're using CF 4.5.x. From CF, you can use
CFHTTP to do this.
Dave Watts, CTO, Fig Leaf Software
http://www.figleaf.com/
voice: (202) 797-5496
fax: (202) 797-5444
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