> You can use fileExists w/ a URL but unfortunately, if the server has a 404
> handler than it will return true even when the 404 handler fires.
>
> <cfif fileExists("http://www.raymondcamden.com/index2332.cfm";)>
> yes
> </cfif>
>
> <cfhttp url="http://www.raymondcamden.com/index2332.cfm";>
> <cfdump var="#cfhttp#">
>
> If a 404 handler isn't there, then this would have worked.If you're building a 404 handler, you should actually make sure it returns a 404 status code. You can do this easily enough with CFHEADER. The page can contain whatever HTML you want to present to the user, still. I run into this quite a bit working with the Google Search Appliance. The GSA relies on status codes by default to identify which pages to index. While it's possible to give it a way to identify soft 404s (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/HTTP_404#Soft_404), it's much easier just to have real 404s in the first place. Dave Watts, CTO, Fig Leaf Software 1-202-527-9569 http://www.figleaf.com/ http://training.figleaf.com/ Fig Leaf Software is a Veteran-Owned Small Business (VOSB) on GSA Schedule, and provides the highest caliber vendor-authorized instruction at our training centers, online, or onsite. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Order the Adobe Coldfusion Anthology now! http://www.amazon.com/Adobe-Coldfusion-Anthology/dp/1430272155/?tag=houseoffusion Archive: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-talk/message.cfm/messageid:358230 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-talk/subscribe.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-talk/unsubscribe.cfm
