When you say you have to explicitly put it "there". Can you explain where?
Ravi. Sean Corfield wrote: > On 5/29/07, Andy Matthews <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > >> I believe that for a variable/query to be available in the APPLICATION >> scope, you have to explicitly put it there. Just placing it inside the >> onApplicationStart doesn't do anything for you (I think). >> > > Correct. > > Couple of key things to remember about Application.cfc: > - it gets created on every request > - the this.whatever assignments pseudo-constructor (between > cfcomponent and the first cffunction) is equivalent to the > cfapplication tag > - onWhatever() methods are called as appropriate for the request > lifecycle (first request for a given application - > onApplicationStart(), first request for a given session - > onSessionStart(), start of request - onRequestStart()) > - if you define onRequest(), that is expected to handle the *entire* request > - at the end of a request - onRequestEnd() is called > - when a session times out in the background, onSessionEnd() is called > (remember that the user went away 20 minutes ago!) > - when an application times out in the background, onApplicationEnd() > is called (days after the last request) > - variables scope in the onWhatever() methods is the variables scope > of the Application.cfc instance which is completely separate from your > requested page - *unless* you define onRequest() and included the > requested page (in which case normal <cfinclude> rules apply) > > Quite a bit of the above is surprising behavior if you're used to > Application.cfm / OnRequestEnd.cfm (but shouldn't be too surprising if > you're used to CFCs). > > HTH? > -- ------------------------------------------- Ravi Gehlot. Sr. Management Sunshine Technology Solutions, LLC http://www.sunshinetechsolutions.com/ ------------------------------------------- Confidentiality Notice: This message including any attachments is for the sole use of the intended recipient(s) and may contain confidential and privileged information. Any unauthorized review, use, disclosure or distribution is prohibited. If you are not the intended recipient, please contact the sender and delete any copies of this message. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Upgrade to Adobe ColdFusion MX7 The most significant release in over 10 years. Upgrade & see new features. http://www.adobe.com/products/coldfusion?sdid=RVJR Archive: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/CF-Talk/message.cfm/messageid:279467 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/CF-Talk/subscribe.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=11502.10531.4
