Joe that seems a good point. One that had slipped by me until now. is there a shorthand way to pass the datasaource name to CFCs or do you have to include the datasource name as one of the arguments every time you instantiate a CFC?
Cheers Mike Kear Windsor, NSW, Australia AFP Webworks http://afpwebworks.com .com,.net,.org domains from AUD$20/Year On Sat, 30 Oct 2004 08:50:24 -0400, Joe Rinehart <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Mike, > > It can be referenced fine from within the CFC, but it's probably not a > good idea. A CFC shouldn't "reach out" to external data, but instead > be told what it needs to know. Doing otherwise breaks what's known as > 'encapsulation' in the OOP world. Basically, it lowers the > reusability of your CFC: what if you were migrating between two > databases, your CFC had a perfect method to talk to both, and you > wanted to instantiate two instances pointed at two different > datasources? > > Cheers, > > Joe > > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Purchase from House of Fusion, a Macromedia Authorized Affiliate and support the CF community. http://www.houseoffusion.com/banners/view.cfm?bannerid=35 Message: http://www.houseoffusion.com/lists.cfm/link=i:4:183028 Archives: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/threads.cfm/4 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/lists.cfm/link=s:4 Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=11502.10531.4 Donations & Support: http://www.houseoffusion.com/tiny.cfm/54
