> -----Original Message----- > From: Tim Claremont [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > Sent: Monday, July 14, 2003 9:24 PM > To: CF-Talk > Subject: Perfect Hardware Arrangement? Perhaps OT? > > Thanks for the response. The reason for my FileExists question is because > I am under the impression that FileExists works only on your local box. If > I separate things then the applications I have used FileExists on will not > work correctly because the files I am checking for will be on a different > box. In re-reading my original post I can see where the statement seemed > obscure!
If CF is run under a user account (which has rights for the resource) then you can use UNC paths or mapped drives with FileExists() to check other machines. > Also, I agree with your assessments, but needed some reinforcement that I > am heading in the right direction. I need a third party objective opinion > to round out my research. That'll be hard to find... everybody has some bias. For example my company went to IBM consulting services to get an "unbiased, objective" opinion of their needs. The results? IBM WebSphere on IBM AIX. ;^) At the same time however with the release of CFMX for WebSphere IBM has some very nice things to say about CF: htAQAA/www-3.ibm.com/software/webservers/coldfusionmx/ Jim Davis ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| 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 Your ad could be here. Monies from ads go to support these lists and provide more resources for the community. http://www.fusionauthority.com/ads.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=89.70.4
