Assuming your pages are in a database-driven system, then the custom 404 is largely just an extension of ColdFusion serving pages: which page? dunno, lemme check the aliases, ah, there it is ... this page. Web server rewrite is fine, too, but if the code is already running in CF to determine what gets served, as it is in any front-side controller framework, then it's not much different to have a custom 404 as a simpler version of the controller.
Just my 2c. ---------------------------------------- From: "Jacob Munson" <[email protected]> Sent: Tuesday, September 21, 2010 2:48 PM To: "cf-talk" <[email protected]> Subject: Re: Shorter URLs - How? > > Sure it's personal preference I guess but I generally try to use the right > tool for the job. Data processing is best left to databases. URL rewriting > is best left to the server. And ColdFusion server can be left to serve out > ColdFusion pages. > I won't disagree. I just think that there are cases where it makes sense to do URL rewriting in CF. And especially in this case, where we have a Flex developer that is learning CF...maybe it's not the best idea for him to go try to learn yet another technology when he can just use CF? Also, his app might be on a shared host which would make using web server URL rewriting difficult if not impossible. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Order the Adobe Coldfusion Anthology now! http://www.amazon.com/Adobe-Coldfusion-Anthology-Michael-Dinowitz/dp/1430272155/?tag=houseoffusion Archive: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-talk/message.cfm/messageid:337277 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-talk/subscribe.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-talk/unsubscribe.cfm
