I don't believe encrypting the URL as this UDF does is the way to go. If I read it correctly, the order of the URL variables in the query string will affect the encrypted value. The code I posted in response to the original question does not suffer from this problem.
Matt Liotta President & CEO Montara Software, Inc. http://www.montarasoftware.com/ 888-408-0900 x901 > -----Original Message----- > From: Ian Lurie [mailto:ian@;portentinteractive.com] > Sent: Tuesday, October 29, 2002 1:45 PM > To: CF-Talk > Subject: Re: Shorter urls? > > Thanks - I found the UDF I was looking for: > > > http://www.cflib.org/udf.cfm?ID=212&enable=1 > > > On 10/29/02 10:39 AM, "Benjamin S. Rogers" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > If you put a ".cfm" on the end, you can handle the request in the > > Application.cfm page. If you are using IIS, you have to tell it not to > > check to make sure the page exists. This is a setting specific to the > > application mapping. > > > > Or, you can use an ISAPI extension (IIS) or mod_rewrite (Apache) to > > rewrite the URL before it even gets to ColdFusion. There's a free one > > for IIS called ISAPI_Rewrite (http://www.isapirewrite.com). > > > > Benjamin S. Rogers > > http://www.c4.net/ > > v.508.240.0051 > > f.508.240.0057 > > > > -----Original Message----- > > From: Ian Lurie [mailto:ian@;portentinteractive.com] > > Sent: Tuesday, October 29, 2002 1:27 PM > > To: CF-Talk > > Subject: Shorter urls? > > > > > > Hi all, > > > > I've searched the devcenter, google, etc. but can't seem to find any > > discussion of how to generate shorter URL strings. I want to take: > > > > http://www.site.com?action=blah&brand=1&name=blahblah&;.... > > > > And convert it to > > > > http://www.site.com/asdfwer234123 > > > > I've seen it done but just can't remember where. Can someone send me a > > url? > > > > Thanks in advance, > > > > Ian > > -- > Portent Interactive > Effective web sites through Conversation Marketing > http://www.portentinteractive.com > > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Archives: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/index.cfm?forumid=4 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/index.cfm?sidebar=lists&body=lists/cf_talk FAQ: http://www.thenetprofits.co.uk/coldfusion/faq This list and all House of Fusion resources hosted by CFHosting.com. The place for dependable ColdFusion Hosting.
