Thanks Dave, I was kinda thinking the same thing... you just saved me some work!
Darren >> I have files in a subdir under an application.cfc. >> >> I'd like to automatically append a specific myvar=somevalue >> to every hyperlink on these pages. Is there a way I can use >> onRequest and regular expressions to re-write paths before >> they're output back to the browser? > >Yes, you can. You'd have something like this: > ><cffunction name="onRequest"> > <cfargument name="targetPage"> > <cfsavecontent var="page"> > <cfinclude template="#Arguments.targetPage#"> > </cfsavecontent> > <!--- your regex stuff goes here ---> > <cfoutput>#page#</cfoutput> ></cffunction> > >Alternatively, you could append data to links with JavaScript. This is very >easy to do, since all the links are in the document.links array. This would >perform better, but would obviously only work for clients that have >JavaScript enabled. > >> In case you're wondering why, I'm following Philip Chalmers >> suggestion (http://coldfusion.sys-con.com/node/41749) about >> adding random numbers to url params and form actions so proxy >> servers never cache dynamic pages. > >I don't recommend you do this, actually. While it may have been a problem in >2002 when that article was written, it really isn't a common problem today. >For that matter, I don't think it was all that common a problem in 2002. But >anyway, nowadays, proxy servers tend to be well-behaved; if you don't want a >file to be cached, there are all sorts of META tags you can embed in the >page to instruct proxies. > >Dave Watts, CTO, Fig Leaf Software >http://www.figleaf.com/ > >Fig Leaf Software provides the highest caliber vendor-authorized >instruction at our training centers in Washington DC, Atlanta, >Chicago, Baltimore, Northern Virginia, or on-site at your location. >Visit http://training.figleaf.com/ for more information! ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Adobe® ColdFusion® 8 software 8 is the most important and dramatic release to date Get the Free Trial http://ad.doubleclick.net/clk;203748912;27390454;j Archive: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/CF-Talk/message.cfm/messageid:312134 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/CF-Talk/subscribe.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=89.70.4
