> Are there any disadvantages in using Coldfusion for a > web-based shopping catalogue ?
That depends on the skill of the programmer using it. This is about like asking if there are any disadvantages in using a particular brand of hammer to sink a nail. How big is the nail? What's it being sunk into? Who's using it? ColdFusion can make an excellent platform on which to build an e-commerce system, but like any other tool, it can be used poorly as well. You can say that about nearly any programming language though. > Does CF replace ASP, Javascript/VBscript and flatfiles ? ColdFusion can be used in place of ASP and other web-specific languages. JavaScript and VBScript are primarily client-side technology, so no, ColdFusion doesn't replace them (ColdFusion is server-side). "Flatfiles" implies data storage. You *can* use flatfiles in conjunction with ColdFusion, but it's much more powerful when connected to a relational database that supports SQL. > Is there a dependancy between Coldfusion and MySQL ? No. ColdFusion can be used with a wide variety of database platforms including MySQL, SQL Server, Access, Oracle, etc. ColdFusion doesn't *require* a database, but it is designed with database interaction in mind. -- Justin Scott | GravityFree Member of the Technical Staff 1960 Stickney Point Road, Suite 210 Sarasota | FL | 34231 | 800.207.4431 941.927.7674 x115 | f 941.923.5429 www.GravityFree.com ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| 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:321161 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-talk/subscribe.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=89.70.4
