A quick follow-up on this. WebLogic 10 is being released at the end of March, and BlueDragon 7.0, BEA WebLogic Edition will be released at the same time. It's the only CFML server that is officially supported by BEA.
Vince > Your other option is to use the only CFML server engine that's tested, > sold, and supported directly by BEA: > > http://www.bea.com/framework.jsp?CNT=index. > htm&FP=/content/products/weblogic/bluedragon/ > > Vince Bonfanti > New Atlanta Communications, LLC > > > Hello All, > > > > The company i work for currently runs CFMX v. 6 on Weblogic 8.1 / > Java > > 1.4 on Solaris, alongside a number of "regular" java web apps. We > are > > starting a project to upgrade to Weblogic 9.2 on Java 1.5, and i > have > > been tasked with looking into the question "which version of CF > should > > we use?" > > > > I've done a few Google searches and taken a look around the Adobe > site, > > but i thought i'd ask the members of this site for any input they > may > > have. So far, here's what i have found: > > > > The latest version of CF as of this writing - v7 - supports Weblogic > 7 > > and 8. I haven't found any specific page on the adobe site saying > > "CFMX 7 doesn't support Weblogic 9", but the company i work for is > > *very* conservative: in the absence of a page saying that Weblogic 9. > 2 > > is supported, they won't go near it. From various posts here and > > elsewhere on the list, i understand that some people have been able > to > > run CFMX 7 on Weblogic 9.x with various degrees of success. > > > > Beyond the question of Weblogic version, there is the matter of JVM > > > version support. Once again, it would seem that cfmx *can* run (with > > > some limitations) under java 1.5, but that this configuration is not > > > officially supported. > > > > The next version of CFMX - v8 - will support java 1.5, but i have > not > > been able to find any information as to whether it will officially > > support Weblogic 9.x or not. The time line is about right for us: > > should be released in the middle of this year. > > > > Finally, i have found a company - www.eknowlogie.com - which claims > to > > have: > > > > "...a software transformation tool to automatically migrate > ColdFusion > > applications to Java J2EE (including ColdFusion 5.0 and MX). The > > Migrator [sic] will re-architect the original monolithic ColdFusion > > > application into a modular Model-View-Controller (MVC) application > > framework using Struts and JSP." > > > > This sounds a bit like snake oil to me, but if it works it would be > a > > great win for us, since "Struts and JSP" is how all the other java > > based web apps around here work. > > > > So that's where i'm at for now: > > 1) Might work with cfmx 7, but not supported. > > 2) Will most likely work with CFMX 8, but no information of whether > it > > will be officially supported (the Weblogic 9.2 bit, not the java 1.5 > > > bit). > > 3) Some kind of one time automated migration to "regular" java web > app > > code. > > > > Any thoughts from the list? Comments? > > > > Thanks for your time, > > /t ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Macromedia ColdFusion MX7 Upgrade to MX7 & experience time-saving features, more productivity. http://www.adobe.com/products/coldfusion Archive: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/CF-Talk/message.cfm/messageid:270310 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/CF-Talk/subscribe.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=11502.10531.4
