cftry/catch that catches a timeout, then display a page that says the datab ase is offline for admin work, try back in 2 min.
Chris Norloff ---------- Original Message ---------------------------------- from: "Deanna Schneider" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] date: Tue, 12 Feb 2002 11:43:22 -0600 >Hi Folks, >This is sort of off-topic, but I can give it a cf slant. > >Once a week, our oracle server is taken down for back-ups. I don't know >enough about oracle administration to know if it has to be made unavailabl e >during backups, but that's the way our admins have it set. So, once a week , >I come in in the morning to about three error messages from hits during th e >time that the oracle server is down. Yah, I know, 3 hits while down isn't >that big a deal, but sometimes it's 10, sometimes 5...etc. > >So, I'm wondering how other people handle stuff like this. Do you ignore i t, >and let the user see your standard - there's an error, the webmaster was >emailed - page? Do you schedule a different page to load for all .cfm page s >that access a database - something like "our server is down for >maintenance - this usually takes less than 2 minutes, please check back >momentarily." > >Thoughts? >-d > > >Deanna Schneider >Interactive Media Developer >[EMAIL PROTECTED] > > > ______________________________________________________________________ Get Your Own Dedicated Windows 2000 Server PIII 800 / 256 MB RAM / 40 GB HD / 20 GB MO/XFER Instant Activation � $99/Month � Free Setup http://www.pennyhost.com/redirect.cfm?adcode=coldfusionb FAQ: http://www.thenetprofits.co.uk/coldfusion/faq Archives: http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/ Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/index.cfm?sidebar=lists
