Colman, Richard wrote: > I know the datasource is there, in the root directory. So why can't the > CFC find it ...??
Most likely because the cfc is not in the root or a sub-directory under the root. If so then it is not being associated with any application.cfc|cfm file that may be in that root with their application name properties. Since the CFC does not have this application name property it does not belong to the application, or any application for that matter. Short term fix: Move the CFC so it is under the application directory OR add a matching <cfapplication name="..."...> tag to the CFC so that it belongs to the desired application construct. Long term fix: Don't have CFC's rely on external variable scopes. This is just one of many reasons why it is considered a best pratice to always pass all data to a component that it will need to use. Rather then having the CFC be aware of the application scope. Just pass the application variable to the CFC from the calling code and set it as an internal property of the CFC. Then it will work no matter where the CFC lives or how it is used, and it can easily be used by many different applications which would not be possible with the short term fix. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Adobe® ColdFusion® 8 software 8 is the most important and dramatic release to date Get the Free Trial http://ad.doubleclick.net/clk;192386516;25150098;k Archive: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/CF-Talk/message.cfm/messageid:303145 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/CF-Talk/subscribe.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=89.70.4
