But...since I'm using a unique <CFAPPLICATION> Name for each business by identifying the domain name when the index.cfm page is first requested, can't I use an application variable, say Application.Topgraphic, as my persisting variable, thereby eliminated the need to query the database for all the business-specific info everytime the application.cfm page is visited without risk of users on the site visiting different businesses receiving the wrong graphics/info?
Or would querying for the info everytime a new page is visited and reassigning the Request variables still be preferable? Rick -----Original Message----- From: Rick Faircloth [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Sent: Wednesday, December 04, 2002 9:30 PM To: CF-Talk Subject: RE: Follow-up on the one-site for many businesses discussion Oops, sorry. Just remembered the whole reason for using Request variables... they don't persist past the page request and force redefining. So much to remember, so few brain cells activated... Rick -----Original Message----- From: Rick Faircloth [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Sent: Wednesday, December 04, 2002 9:27 PM To: CF-Talk Subject: RE: Follow-up on the one-site for many businesses discussion Well, it seems like I'm deceived... When I tested for the existence of #App_TopGraphic# on the application.cfm page, it didnt showup. Sure enough, when I took out the <CFPARAM Name="App_TopGraphic" Default=""> line, I got an error that the variable didn't exist. So...I need persistent variables to define site parameters, and those should be Request scope variable which are persistent, and which if are not defined, are queried for and redefined per page visit. If I had just tested my theory before all that typing the previous message...whew. Rick -----Original Message----- From: Rick Faircloth [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Sent: Wednesday, December 04, 2002 8:02 PM To: CF-Talk Subject: Follow-up on the one-site for many businesses discussion Hello, everyone. This is follow-up to the questions I had about using one set of pages and code to function as the site for many different businesses. I know we discussed using Request scope variables to define common graphics, etc., for the entire site so that the graphics would be defined with every page request in the application.cfm file. To define the Request scope variables I am having to append the BusinessID to every link in the site. Quite a pain... However, that was when I was using a single <CFAPPLICATION> Name for the application, no matter what Business was defined by the BusinessID for the app. I have since made the <CFAPPLICATION> Name dynamic, defining it as Name="RentalCompanies#BusinessID#". My question is this, now that the <CFAPPLICATION> Name is unique for every company, is it necessary to use Request scope variables that have to query and redefine the site variables, such as TopGraphic, for every page visit? Seems like a lot of querying, if the application.cfm has to query for the TopGraphic with each visit to the application.cfm page. Seems like now, with a dynamic <CFAPPLICATION> Name, I should be able to pick up the BusinessID once, (laster, when domains are purchased, I'll define the businesses according to the domain name) when the index.cfm is first visited, and use that BusinessID to query for the graphics, etc. appropriate to that business, and not have to define that variable with each visit to the application.cfm. I could simply check on the application.cfm to see if the BusinessID has been defined (after having assigned the initial URL.BusinessID variable from the index.cfm URL to a common variable, such as "App_BusinessID". Does this seem right? Am I missing some functional aspect of CF that makes using Request scope variables necessary or more desirable, and have them defined with each visit to the application.cfm? What about non-scoped variables, such as "App_BusinessID", or "App_BusinessAddress" and use them throughout the site? I changed the variable to define the top graphic for each page to App_TopGraphic on the application.cfm page and with each visit to the application.cfm page from other pages, the definition of App_TopGraphic is checked. If it turns out for some reason that App_TopGraphic is "", then the query defining App_TopGraphic is run again, according to the BusinessID. That seems to work, even though it's not "persistant" scope variable. Are non-scoped variables available to every page, too? Sorry this is so long. Bear with me, please, I think I'm just about finished with the questions on this topic. :o) Rick Rick Faircloth, Prism Productions ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Archives: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/index.cfm?forumid=4 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/index.cfm?method=subscribe&forumid=4 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.
