Wouldn't these boxes be out of sync then as far as data goes? I would hope you are applying some type of replication.
I think you could set something up in the application file and run a simple query to return a output from your prod box. If there is a connection problem then you would know when you did not return a value. you would want to trap that error so the page would not fail though. -----Original Message----- From: admin [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Tuesday, June 24, 2003 2:34 PM To: CF-Talk Subject: Database Availability I hope that this isn't a stipid question but I'm sure it must have been asked before. I have a two identical databases on different sql boxes. One primary and one back up. I would like to be able to do something like this in the application.cfm <cfif primary_available> <cfset use_database="primary"> <cfelseif Secondary_available> <cfset use_database="secondary> <cfelse> .... no database available </cfif> Any thought on how I can easily check to see which box is available. Cheers Richard ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| 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. http://www.cfhosting.com Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=89.70.4
