> Random server crashes and no errors in the log files. I was
> finally able to
> reinstate the client variables data source. this has resolved the problem
Yes, because you were storing client variables in the registry. NEVER EVER
do this. On a production machine.
> for now. This does however raise some concerns with me. Cold fusion is not
> smart enough to detect that the client db is offline and just
> blows up. This does not seem very robust.
You would prefer "client.thisvar cannot be found" errors all over your app
to errors informing you of the true problem? That your datastore is
missing?
> On top of this. When we had migrated away from
> the db client variables cold fusion was still trying to terminate stale
> variables in the db after the db had been removed from the list of client
> var storage.
What behavior/error etc led you to this conclusion?
-Cameron
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> -----Original Message-----
> From: Leon Oosterwijk [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]
> Sent: Wednesday, August 08, 2001 12:52 PM
> To: CF-Talk
> Subject: Client Variables Storage Woes
>
>
> All,
>
> Our Cold fusion 5 server has been experiencing significant
> problems with our
> client variables storage. We used a SQL Server datasource to store our
> Client Variables. Before we took our database offline we changed the
> administrator setting to store the client variables in the
> registry. However
> our cold fusion server has been displaying erradic behaviour since then.
> Random server crashes and no errors in the log files. I was
> finally able to
> reinstate the client variables data source. this has resolved the problem
> for now. This does however raise some concerns with me. Cold fusion is not
> smart enough to detect that the client db is offline and just
> blows up. This
> does not seem very robust. On top of this. When we had migrated away from
> the db client variables cold fusion was still trying to terminate stale
> variables in the db after the db had been removed from the list of client
> var storage.
>
> Leon
>
>
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