> This process runs fine when ran as a regular ColdFusion process, but when I > run it as a Scheduled > Task it fails to complete. I runs through one item but it seems as though the > redirect from the > PERL script fails.
Browsers follow redirects. Programmatic HTTP requests generally do not, unless you provide that functionality yourself. > I understand that the Scheduled Tasks run as a 'CFHTTP' process and have > attempted to run the > process using a <CFHTTP> function and can't get it to work. I've never used > <CFHTTP> and really > don't understand what the premise behind it is. CFHTTP makes an HTTP request, just like a browser might. But that's all it does, by default. It's up to you to program any specific functionality you need. The CFHTTP tag does support following redirects, but when you create a scheduled task there's no way to set this. 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;207172674;29440083;f Archive: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-talk/message.cfm/messageid:315056 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-talk/subscribe.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=89.70.4
