Well, I for one am grateful that you're a nerd. :) That's exactly the kind of information I was looking for. Thanks, Matt.
----- Original Message ----- From: "Matt Robertson" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "CF-Talk" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Sunday, July 13, 2003 3:21 PM Subject: RE: Refresh application-scoped variables > Well, I don't fully understand where you're at applicationwise, but I > try to use a cached query for most of my application-wide settings. > Keeps the locks and copies to request scope down to near zero. The few > values that need to tunnel down to custom tags (a couple of base url and > file path settings) get converted to request scope in application.cfm. > > I don't usually reset these values manually. I tend to go for short > caches of about 10 seconds. If my server can't handle a db read once > every 10 seconds I have bigger problems :D. Still, I hacked up a cfif > to allow a manual reset below. > > This probably has no bearing on your needs... Just a little daffy after > a weekend of solid coding and looking for a distraction. Egads... > Escape from coding by hanging out on CF-Talk. Am I a geek or what? > > -------------------------------------------- > Matt Robertson [EMAIL PROTECTED] > MSB Designs, Inc. http://mysecretbase.com > -------------------------------------------- > > <cfif url.reset is not "kaboom"> > <cfset request.SetMins=10> > <cfset request.SetSecs=0> > <cfelse> > <cfset request.SetMins=0> > <cfset request.SetSecs=1> > </cfif> > <cfset variables.mySettings="Foo"> > <cfquery > name="SystemDefaults" > datasource="#request.SiteDSN#" > maxrows="1" > > cachedwithin="#CreateTimeSpan(0,0,request.SetMins,request.SetSecs)#"> > SELECT > settings.myPath, > settings.myBaseURL, > settings.blahblahblah > FROM settings > WHERE 0=0 > </cfquery> > <cfset request.BasePath=SystemDefaults.myPath> > <cfset request.BaseURL=SystemDefaults.myBaseURL> > > -----Original Message----- > From: Dina Hess [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > Sent: Sunday, July 13, 2003 12:49 PM > To: CF-Talk > Subject: Re: Refresh application-scoped variables > > > No intrusion. I assume you mean why would I refresh the application > scope by > using a link in the admin area? Because I'm too stupid to figure out a > better way? :) > > I indeed thought I was saving overhead by not resetting the same > application-scoped variables for every request...since they don't change > often. > > > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Matt Robertson" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > To: "CF-Talk" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Sent: Sunday, July 13, 2003 2:30 PM > Subject: RE: Refresh application-scoped variables > > > > Pardon the intrusion, but why would you refresh the application scope > > like this? Saving overhead rather than using cfparam in > > application.cfm? > > > > -------------------------------------------- > > Matt Robertson [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > MSB Designs, Inc. http://mysecretbase.com > > -------------------------------------------- > > > > > > > > -----Original Message----- > > From: Dina Hess [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > > Sent: Sunday, July 13, 2003 12:23 PM > > To: CF-Talk > > Subject: Re: Refresh application-scoped variables > > > > > > So you have a "refresh application scope" link in an admin area to set > > url.reset? Sounds like what I'm doing now. I just wondered if there > was > > a > > better to do it. > > > > Thanks for the input, Mike. > > > > > > ----- Original Message ----- > > From: "Mike Townend" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > To: "CF-Talk" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > Sent: Sunday, July 13, 2003 1:02 PM > > Subject: RE: Refresh application-scoped variables > > > > > > > I usually do something like.. > > > > > > <CFIF Not IsDefined("Application.DSN") OR IsDefined("URL.Reset")> > > > <!--- Create all Application Vars ---> > > > </CFIF> > > > > > > So if I need to reset an app then just call the page and append a > > ?reset=1 > > > > > > HTH > > > > > > > > > > > > -----Original Message----- > > > From: Dina Hess [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > > > Sent: Sunday, July 13, 2003 18:45 > > > To: CF-Talk > > > Subject: Refresh application-scoped variables > > > > > > > > > Hi all, > > > > > > Can't seem to get my head around this one... How can I > > programmatically > > > refresh application-scoped variables whenever there's a change? > > > > > > Right now, I'm doing something like this in Application.cfm: > > > > > > <cfparam name="application.init" default="0"> > > > > > > <cfif not application.init> > > > use cfsavecontent to create application-scoped variables > > > set application.init to 1 > > > </cfif> > > > > > > What I want is some way to automatically reset application.init to 0 > > > whenever these variables are modified. > > > Can someone point me in the right direction? Resources? > > > > > > Thanks, > > > ~Dina > > > http://www.dinahess.com/ > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| 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 Get the mailserver that powers this list at http://www.coolfusion.com Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=89.70.4
