I can only see you setting application.dsn, you are however setting application.datasource.
"This e-mail is from Reed Exhibitions (Gateway House, 28 The Quadrant, Richmond, Surrey, TW9 1DN, United Kingdom), a division of Reed Business, Registered in England, Number 678540. It contains information which is confidential and may also be privileged. It is for the exclusive use of the intended recipient(s). If you are not the intended recipient(s) please note that any form of distribution, copying or use of this communication or the information in it is strictly prohibited and may be unlawful. If you have received this communication in error please return it to the sender or call our switchboard on +44 (0) 20 89107910. The opinions expressed within this communication are not necessarily those expressed by Reed Exhibitions." Visit our website at http://www.reedexpo.com -----Original Message----- From: Jason T. Slack To: CF-Talk Sent: Sat Nov 11 14:55:25 2006 Subject: More DSN Troubles I have an application.cfc that looks like: <!--- Application.cfm ---> <cfcomponent output="false"> <cfset THIS.name = "webPOS"> <cffunction name="onApplicationStart" returnType="boolean" output="false"> <!--- When did the application start? ---> <cfset APPLICATION.appStarted = now()> <cfset application.dataSource = "MyDSN"> <cfreturn true> </cffunction> <cffunction name="onApplicationEnd" returnType="void" output="false"> <cfargument name="appScope" required="true"> <!--- Log how many minutes the application stayed alive ---> <cflog file="#THIS.name#" text="App ended after #dateDiff ('n',ARGUMENTS.appScope.appStarted,now())# minutes."> </cffunction> <cffunction name="onRequestStart" returnType="boolean" output="true"> <!--- Any variables set here can be used by all our pages ---> <cfset request.dataSource = "MyDSN"> <cfset request.companyName = "Computer Outlet"> <cfreturn true> </cffunction> <cffunction name="onRequestEnd" returnType="void" output="true"> </cffunction> </cfcomponent> And I can calling: <cfquery name="ckCreds" datasource="#application.dsn#"> SELECT LocationName FROM WHERE LocationID = <Cfqueryparam cfsqltype="cf_sql_varchar" value="#form.user#"> AND LocationPassword = <cfqueryparam cfsqltype="cf_sql_varchar" value="#form.password#"> </cfquery> <cfif ckCreds.recordCount EQ 1> <!--- successful login ---> <cflocation url="main.cfm" /> <cfelse> <!--- login failed ---> <cflocation url="index.cfm" /> </cfif> but I get an error that states: Element DSN is undefined in APPLICATION. I dont see why, can anyone point it out? Thanks, -Jason ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Introducing the Fusion Authority Quarterly Update. 80 pages of hard-hitting, up-to-date ColdFusion information by your peers, delivered to your door four times a year. http://www.fusionauthority.com/quarterly Archive: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/CF-Talk/message.cfm/messageid:260011 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/CF-Talk/subscribe.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=89.70.4
