I like that, FuseBastard, kinda catchy! HA I have known some developers
that have written FuseManure too!
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From: "Owens, Howard" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
To: "CF-Talk" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Sent: Wednesday, October 11, 2000 12:29 PM
Subject: So, the Client isn't an issue to the CF Server?
>
> We've discussed many times ... the Cold Fusion server doesn't care what
> client a user is using. Everything happens on the server, so, logically,
> the client is irrelevant. CF should process a page sent from Internet
> Explore just the same as a page sent from Navigator, right? And a Mac
> running IE should get the same results as a Wintel running IE, right?
>
> Well, read on ...
>
> Background: I have a client who is paying me a pretty fair sum to build a
> Web site. With the basic programming done, he flew me to Hawaii to train
his
> staff on how the new site works. Everything was fine at home. Everything
was
> fine on my laptop when I got there. About an hour before the staff
meeting,
> I met with the client and we started to go over the functionality of the
> site using the shiny new computer he bought for the staff to use with the
> site. That's when disaster struck. It didn't work. Fortunately, I was
> able to use bubble gum and bailing wire to cobble together a substitute
page
> that did work on the new computer and we got through training fine. When
I
> got home, I rebuilt that section of the site using a similar method as the
> original build, but a bit more refined and stripped down. Again, it
worked
> locally. But when I notified staff to give it a try on the new computer,
it
> didn't work.
>
> Method: I don't use FuseBox. I use my own system I call FuseBastard.
> Basically, it's using cfswitch/cfcase to call includes -- it gives me some
> code reuse, but in a way I can understand.
>
> The Error: When a specific page is executed, on the problem machine, I
> receive an error ... the specified query for <cfoutput> doesn't exist.
> Again, this works fine on my development machine but not on the new
> computer.
>
> The apparent cause: The <cfinclude> that calls the query that populates
the
> CFoutput doesn't seem to get included when the code is executed from the
> problem machine.
>
> I did further testing this morning and found that I can duplicate the
error
> on another machine I have at home. Read on ...
>
> Where it works: The application works as expected when run from my NT
4.0sp4
> using Internet Explorer 5.0 and Netscape Navigator 4.5. It also works on
my
> Win95 laptop using IE. It also works on my MacOS 8.5 using Netscape Nav
> 4.0.
>
> Where it doesn't work: It doesn't work on my clients new IMac running OS
9.x
> with IE 5.x. It also doesn't work on my MacOS 8.5 with IE 5.0.
>
> So why would CF not execute code when called by IE running on a Mac, but
> execute it with IE on Windows and Netscape everywhere? Why should the CF
> server care what the client is?
>
> The problem doesn't seem to be the code itself. If I put all of the
queries
> on the same app page as the output tags, then everything is hunky dory.
> It's only when I try to call the queries in a <cfinclude> that I run into
> problems.
>
> H.
>
>
>
> =========================
> Howard Owens
> Web Producer
> InsideVC.com
> mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> =========================
>
>
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