Oh Ok I found what the problem is, I guess my Varaibles in the onApplicationStart got cached, so when I sent it once, launched and then I added another Variables after launched again the application variables dont' get updated. Now How would i prevent it from getting cached? ------ Sherif Abdou http://VadexFX.com http://Sherifabdou.com ----- Original Message ----- From: "s. isaac dealey" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "cf-talk" <[email protected]> Sent: Sunday, September 28, 2008 8:42 PM Subject: Re: onApplicationStart Vs onRequestStart
>> I am new to ColdFusion and I am having trouble understanding what is the >> Difference between onApplicationStart method and onRequestStart method >> other >> than the Scope. For Example what does it mean by Application? First time >> a >> user comes to your site? Does it only run once? I tried to set a Variable >> in >> the onApplicationStart method like <cfset APPLICATION.ds="myDataSource"/> >> and I get an Error when I say use it in index.cfm. Am i allowed to use >> this >> outside in other files Or anything that gets set in onApplicationStart >> gets >> passed to onApplicationEnd and thats where the variable get used? Thanks. > > Hi Sherif, > > Welcome to the community. :) > > The onApplicationStart and onRequest start events are simply events > which occur at a given time and aren't actually tied to any variable > scopes, other than the fact that onApplicationStart executes immediately > after the application scope is created. But you can do whatever you want > to in that method. For example, you can create request variables in the > onApplicationStart method, even though it executes before onRequestStart. > > So the lifespan of an application looks like this: > > 1. onApplicationStart > > 2. onSessionStart > > 3. onRequestStart > 4. index.cfm > 5. onRequestEnd > > 6. return to 3 (onRequestStart) and repeat > > 7. onSessionEnd - user timed out > 8. return to 2 (onSessionStart) and repeat for other users > > 9. onApplicationEnd - application timed out > > 10. return to 1 (onApplicationStart) the next time the site is visited > > You can use application variables in index.cfm -- they need to be > properly scoped, but if you set them in the onApplicationStart method > they should be available. Your onApplicationStart method may not be > executing if you haven't specified a name for your application. So your > Application.cfc should look similar to this: > > <cfcomponent> > <cfset this.name = "myapplication" /> > > <cffunction name="onApplicationStart" access="public"> > <cfset application.ds = "myDataSource" /> > </cffunction> > > .... > </cfcomponent> > > You can also look to see what variables you have in your application > scope from your index.cfm template by dumping the structure like this: > > <cfdump var="#application#" /> > > hth > > -- > s. isaac dealey ^ new epoch > isn't it time for a change? > ph: 781.769.0723 > > http://onTap.riaforge.org/blog > > > > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Adobe® ColdFusion® 8 software 8 is the most important and dramatic release to date Get the Free Trial http://ad.doubleclick.net/clk;207172674;29440083;f Archive: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-talk/message.cfm/messageid:313195 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-talk/subscribe.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=89.70.4
