Actually, thank you for the clarification. There are many acronyms in the Java world that I only partially understand sometimes. JRE, J2EE, JDK, JVM, EAR, WAR, ANT, JRun, etc... I'll admit, it's nice how well CF simplifies the "messy" stuff, but messing with the mutli-server install has a way of dumping you waist-deep with the unfamiliar (and previously hidden) world of Java. Sometimes I wish I had a Java background since I'm a kind of guy who wants to understand how it all works. So, to get this straight: The JRE (or SDK) runs on the OS. This is what defines what version of Java you are on. Would it best be described as a compiler, interpreter, a VM, or?? Then your app server runs on that. This is JRun, or WebShpere or whatever. (This is the J2EE part, right?) Then your CF instance(s) are deployed to the app server (possibly as an EAR or a WAR). Did I say it right? ~Brad
JRun is not a JRE. JRun uses whatever JRE (actually JDK) that you've configured. Same for JBoss, WebSphere, WebLogic etc. You need a JDK in order to run a Java app server. Sorry to nit-pick but I think it's an important point and it's indicative of how little most folks really understand about the underpinnings of ColdFusion (and that's not a criticism since the whole point of CFML is to hide all that stuff). ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Adobe® ColdFusion® 8 software 8 is the most important and dramatic release to date Get the Free Trial http://ad.doubleclick.net/clk;160198600;22374440;w Archive: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/CF-Talk/message.cfm/messageid:295316 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/CF-Talk/subscribe.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=11502.10531.4
