Will Tomlinson wrote: > Can we please get some more input on this topic guys? I'd just like to know > how some of you handle these things.
Umm, we are still use ini rather than xml files but the overall architecture is much the same. A lot of our sites use code that dates back to CF 5 or even 4.5 where an ini file was the only way to go. We built a couple of custom tags that read and write an ini file in its entirety in or out of a structure. In most case that is a structure in the application scope called application.config. In that would be all of the sections of the ini file so for example you might have a structure called application.config.DSNs and in it would be the values for each DSN the site uses. Those custom tags use the Duplicate function so the data in the application scope is "clean". The code in the site is a tad more wordy as there is 'application.config.xxx" all over the place but we find it a small price to pay. How that data is used in a cfc is up to the designer. We generally have no issue in using the application scope in a cfc, we are not overly dedicated to perfect OO encapsulation and the like, but if a cfc has to be truly self-contained then we pass in the data via a structure or similar, again using the duplicate function. One trick that we do is to have the site's configuration ini file placed *outside* the site's code structure. The code in application.cfm that gathers the data "knows" where to find the ini file. This enables a much safer update of code for a site as there is no chance of the config data being copied across and promptly trashing the production site :-) HTH Kym K ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| 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:4:218582 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
