My only problem with Request scope is that its available _everywhere_. I understand you can be a good developer and not use it in your model or elsewhere but I still dislike the request scope for that reason. Being a person that is constantly working on framework and components to be used in my company I cherish encapsulation and request scope spits in the face of that. Sure Application and Session do too but they server a good purpose for carrying state so I like them :) I do like your point about global variables for the life of the request and being easy to differentiate between those and page variables. I am with Dave though maybe Application or Session would be a better place for that info? Just my 2 cents.
Also check out what Sean did with Application.cfc in fusebox very clever to get around most of the limitations/issues with onRequest. Adam Haskell On Thu, May 22, 2008 at 4:17 PM, Raymond Camden <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Right, you can't do that. The variables scope in App.cfc isn't copied > to the template. > > Unless you use onRequest. But that has some drawbacks as well. > > Why not simply simply use the Request scope? > > On Thu, May 22, 2008 at 3:10 PM, Richard White <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > hi > > > > is it possible to set page variables in the onRequestStart method of the > application.cfc? > > > > if i enter the following code in the application.cfc: > > > > <cfset variables.myVariable = "myVariable"> > > > > and the following code in my page: > > > > <cfoutput>#myVariable#</cfoutput> > > > > i get an error message when running a page saying myVariable is not > defined > > > > > > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| 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:305989 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/CF-Talk/subscribe.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=89.70.4
