Can you upload just a "hello world" index.cfm without an Application.cfc (or
Application.cfm)?  Just curious as to whether or not the issue is definitely
in the Application.cfc.

On Wed, Dec 16, 2009 at 7:49 AM, Steve Logan <[email protected]> wrote:

>
> I have a friend who came to me a while ago with a site that wanted to
> change
> hosts and have a new "look and feel".  He would handle the look and feel
> and
> I'd take care of the backend.  Originally he wanted to rewrite from CF to
> ASP, but I told him keep it CF and I can do it a lot faster and cheaper.
> That sold him.  Unfortunately, his client pre-paid for 3 years of hosting
> at
> Network Solutions and is insisting on using their Coldfusion hosting.  Even
> though I used to work for a hosting company that has really good CF
> hosting,
> cheaper than NSI, they're sold on the "reliability of the big boys".  Ugh -
> fine.  Convert existing db from MySQL to Access, convert all SQL to be
> compatible, test locally and it works like a charm.  Upload a test
> Application.cfc and index.cfm file to NSI (it took NSI 7 days to add a DSN
> for me....) and immediately get an error as follows:
>
>
>
> The system has attempted to use an undefined value, which usually indicates
> a programming error, either in your code or some system code.
>
> Null Pointers are another name for undefined values.
>
>
>
> I've trimmed the Application.cfc file down to just:
>
>
>
> <cfcomponent>
>
> <cfscript>
>
>  this.name = "ihatenetworksolutions";
>
>  this.applicationTimeout = createTimeSpan(1,0,0,0);
>
>  this.sessionTimeout = createTimeSpan(0,0,20,0);
>
>  this.sessionmanagement = "yes";
>
>  this.setClientCookies = "yes";
>
>  this.setDomainCookies = "no";
>
> </cfscript>
>
>  <cffunction name="onApplicationStart" returntype="boolean" output="false">
>
>    <cfreturn this/>
>
>  </cffunction>
>
>
>
>  <cffunction name="onApplicationEnd" returntype="void" output="false">
>
>   <cfargument name="applicationScope" required="true">
>
>  </cffunction>
>
> </cfcomponent>
>
>
>
> If I don't upload an index.cfm file, I get a Directory Listing Denied
> error.
> As soon as I upload an index.cfm file - even just a "hello world" one, I
> get
> that null pointer error.
>
>
>
> I'm assuming their NSI's support will be useless if it took them a week to
> set a DSN.
>
>
>
> Some googling on this error took me to several forums where there error is
> there, but there seems to be a just a lot of ideas as to the cause (broke
> JVM), and no real concrete solutions.
>
>
>
>
>
>
>
> 

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