It's easily done, but I'm not sure why using application.cfm is necessary. Why not do both the db lookup and server side redirect in one CF file?
----- Original Message ----- From: "Robert Munn" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "CF-Talk" <[email protected]> Sent: Thursday, May 19, 2005 5:02 PM Subject: RE: Short URL / URL redirection > tinyurl is great for posting on forums and the like, but I don't think I > would use it for commercial purposes. > > I'm not sure the way their system works, but it seems like it would be > easy to make a URL-forwarding system using nothing but application.cfm > and index.cfm. application.cfm would contain a lookup system that would > intercept the incoming url and look it up against a database of > short-to-long url conversions. index.cfm would do a server-side > re-direct to the long url. simple. > >>http://tinyurl.com/ >> >>-----Original Message----- >>From: Mark Leder [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] >>Sent: May 19, 2005 14:07 >>To: CF-Talk >>Subject: Short URL / URL redirection >> >> >>Hi all, >> >>I'm wanting to figure out how to take a long CF URL and convert to a >>short >>URL for use in emails, etc. Any methods, best practices, etc. I really >>don't know where to start. >> >>Thanks, >>Mark > > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Logware (www.logware.us): a new and convenient web-based time tracking application. Start tracking and documenting hours spent on a project or with a client with Logware today. Try it for free with a 15 day trial account. http://www.houseoffusion.com/banners/view.cfm?bannerid=67 Message: http://www.houseoffusion.com/lists.cfm/link=i:4:207233 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
