yeah thats why i asked it raymond has a pretty clever way but i dont really get it
---------- Original Message ---------------------------------- From: Mike Kear <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Date: Mon, 1 Nov 2004 10:39:28 +1100 >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=37 Message: http://www.houseoffusion.com/lists.cfm/link=i:4:183031 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=89.70.4 Donations & Support: http://www.houseoffusion.com/tiny.cfm/54
