Well, it's hard for us to know that you are interested in a feature if you don't submit a request for it. I don't consider submitting feature requests to be secretary work, so I'll be happy to take care of it.
Christian On Thursday, January 2, 2003, at 12:10 PM, Li Chunshen ((Don)) wrote: > Christian, > > No, I didn't submit it (I don't like to be a > secretary), you please, no, you are not a secretary > either :) for that may be part of your job. > Thanks. > > Don Li > > --- Christian Cantrell <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > wrote: >> Good point. You could always call the other >> functions using the same >> routine that CFM pages would be expected to use, but >> I can see where it >> would be easier (more maintainable) to keep several >> functions in a >> single file. I have several functions that call >> other functions, and >> many of them are only one or two lines, so I'm sure >> it would get >> annoying having directories full of files with >> functions containing >> only a single line. The idea Jim proposed gets >> around this limitation >> nicely (dir.file.function). >> >> Thanks for the feedback, everyone. Li, did you >> submit this, or shall I? >> >> Christian >> >> On Thursday, January 2, 2003, at 09:34 AM, Ben Doom >> wrote: >> >>> One thing to think about: CF probably shouldn't >> require one and only >>> one >>> UDF per file. Occasionally it makes sense for me >> to write UDFs that >>> call >>> other UDFs (either because the functionality >> already exists, will be >>> needed >>> elsewhere, or it just makes the 'main' UDF easier >> to read) and I >>> generally >>> include those subroutines in the same file. If I >> had to have a >>> separate >>> file for each, it would be rather confusing IMHO. >>> >>> >>> -- Ben Doom >>> Programmer & General Lackey >>> Moonbow Software, Inc >>> >>> -----Original Message----- >>> From: Christian Cantrell >> [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] >>> Sent: Wednesday, January 01, 2003 6:01 PM >>> To: CF-Talk >>> Subject: Re: Some idea about the Efficiency of >> UDFs >>> >>> >>> Interesting idea. So how exactly would this work? >> Would ColdFusion >>> expect one function per file, with the requirement >> that the file and >>> the function have the same name? Then you could >> call any arbitrary >>> UDF, and the CF server would look in the proper >> directory for the right >>> file, then execute the function in that file. How >> else could this >>> work? >>> >>> Let's flesh it out a bit here, then I invite you >> to submit your idea to >>> Macromedia at the following URL: >>> >>> >> > http://www.macromedia.com/support/email/wishform/?6213=3 >>> >>> Christian >>> >>> On Wednesday, January 1, 2003, at 04:40 PM, Li >> Chunshen ((Don)) wrote: >>> >>>> According to Macromedia's CFMX References on >> Using >>>> UDFs effectively: >>>> >>>> "Consider the following techniques for making >> your >>>> functions available to your ColdFusion pages: >>>> >>>> If you consistently call a small number of UDFs, >>>> consider putting their definitions on the >>>> Application.cfm page. >>>> If you call UDFs in only a few of your >> application >>>> pages, do not include their definitions in >>>> Application.cfm. >>>> If you use many UDFs, put their definitions on >> one or >>>> more ColdFusion pages that contain only UDFs. You >> can >>>> include the UDF definition page in any page that >> calls >>>> the UDFs. " >>>> >>>> I agree with everything it states, and I think it >>>> might help more if CFMX predefines a UDF library >> path >>>> such as UDFlib under CFMX installation instead of >> an >>>> arbitrary directory, I can see several benefits >> of >>>> this approach: >>>> consistency -- especially helpful for large >>>> development environment; >>>> easier for reuse -- across applications/projects >>>> (this one is similar to CFMODULE's dot notation >>>> method, I love it) >>>> >>>> And I don't see any downside of it. Thanks. >>>> >>>> DL >>>> >>>> >>>> --- Matthew Walker <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >> wrote: >>>>> These two cfmx UDFs from cflib.org may help: >>>>> >>>>> >>>>> <cfscript> >>>>> function DSNExists(DSN) { >>>>> var factory = >>>>> >>>> >> > createObject("java","coldfusion.server.ServiceFactory"); >>>>> var DSNs = >>>>> factory.getDataSourceService().getNames(); >>>>> return >>>>> yesNoFormat(listFindNoCase(arrayToList(DSNs), >>>>> DSN)); >>>>> } >>>>> </cfscript> >>>>> >>>>> >>>>> <!--- >>>>> Verifies a DSN is working. >>>>> >>>>> @param dsn Name of a DSN you want to verify. >>>>> (Required) >>>>> @return Returns a Boolean. >>>>> @author Ben Forta ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) >>>>> @version 1, October 15, 2002 >>>>> ---> >>>>> <CFFUNCTION NAME="VerifyDSN" >> RETURNTYPE="boolean"> >>>>> <CFARGUMENT NAME="dsn" TYPE="string" >>>>> REQUIRED="yes"> >>>>> >>>>> <!--- initialize variables ---> >>>>> <CFSET var dsService=""> >>>>> <!--- Try/catch block, throws errors if bad >> DSN >>>>> ---> >>>>> <CFSET var result="true"> >>>>> >>>>> >>>>> <CFTRY> >>>>> <!--- Get "factory" ---> >>>>> <CFOBJECT ACTION="CREATE" >>>>> TYPE="JAVA" >>>>> >>>>> CLASS="coldfusion.server.ServiceFactory" >>>>> NAME="factory"> >>>>> <!--- Get datasource service ---> >>>>> <CFSET >>>>> dsService=factory.getDataSourceService()> >>>>> <!--- Validate DSN ---> >>>>> <CFSET >> result=dsService.verifyDatasource(dsn)> >>>>> >>>>> <!--- If any error, return FALSE ---> >>>>> <CFCATCH TYPE="any"> >>>>> <CFSET result="false"> >>>>> </CFCATCH> >>>>> </CFTRY> >>>>> >>>>> <CFRETURN result> >>>>> </CFFUNCTION> >>>>> >>>>>> -----Original Message----- >>>>>> From: Li Chunshen (Don) >> [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] >>>>>> Sent: Wednesday, 1 January 2003 11:37 a.m. >>>>>> To: CF-Talk >>>>>> Subject: Request Time >>>>>> >>>>>> >>>>>> specs: CFMX on WinXP Pro; remote datasources on >>>>> Win2k >>>>>> Pro. >>>>>> >>>>>> Requestimeout set to 40 seconds via CF admin >>>>> (server >>>>>> has been rebooted, my friend). 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