By using cfinvoke to call a component method, you are never instantiating the component. If you only ever do this, I think you are better off having a folder of UDFs.
However, if you add a method called init to you cfc that looks like this: <cffunction name="init" returntype="any"> <cfargument name="dsn"> <cfset variables.dsn = arguments.dsn> <cfreturn this> <!--- returns instance of the component ---> </cffunction> You can then get an instance of your object that holds your dsn info using cfinvoke like so: <cfinvoke component="mycomponent" method="init" dsn="#application.dsn#" returnVariable="myComponentInstance"> Then, when you want to call the methods you want you simply do this (instead of cfinvoke): <cfset meal = myComponentInstance.getMeal( )> Hope that makes sense, Dominic On 16/10/2007, Morten Kruse <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > How do you handle datasources inside CFC's. > until now I have just been using the variable application.dsn. > > But I have been told that I should include the database name in the > parameter call to the cfc. > > But I don't want to call the cfc with the database name every single time > the cfc is called like: > <CFINVOKE COMPONENT="cfc.Meals" METHOD="getMeal" > dns="#application.dns#" /> > > Is it possible to invoke the whole component with the database information > and then call that instance without the dns?? > > > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Get involved in the latest ColdFusion discussions, product development sharing, and articles on the Adobe Labs wiki. http://labs/adobe.com/wiki/index.php/ColdFusion_8 Archive: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/CF-Talk/message.cfm/messageid:291181 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/CF-Talk/subscribe.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=11502.10531.4
