wow - thank you all so much for the useful info. I do like the idea of the external app. I wonder if an app like that could be used for load balancing - but of course my VB and C++ skills suck. Cheers
Richard ----- Original Message ----- From: "Jim McAtee" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "CF-Talk" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Tuesday, June 24, 2003 1:13 PM Subject: Re: Database Availability > Assuming you're using an ODBC datasource... How about an external application > this is constantly checking the availability of the databases in question, and > modifies the ODBC DSN to point at a working one? > > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "admin" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > To: "CF-Talk" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Sent: Tuesday, June 24, 2003 1:33 PM > 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 > > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| 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 Signup for the Fusion Authority news alert and keep up with the latest news in ColdFusion and related topics. http://www.fusionauthority.com/signup.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=89.70.4
