what DB are you using? SQL Server has the ability to do it. It would look something like this...
Create a stored procedure like this: -------------------------- create procedure sqlexec @p1 text as exec(@p1) -------------------------- then execute it like this... <cfquery name=""...> EXECUTE sqlexec [whatever] </cfquery> +-----------------------------------------------+ Bryan Love Macromedia Certified Professional Internet Application Developer Database Analyst Telecommunication Systems [EMAIL PROTECTED] +-----------------------------------------------+ "...'If there must be trouble, let it be in my day, that my child may have peace'..." - Thomas Paine, The American Crisis -----Original Message----- From: phumes1 [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Sent: Wednesday, May 29, 2002 4:42 PM To: CF-Talk Subject: Running program with cfexecute Hi, I'm not having much luck running a certain program using cfexecute. Some programs work and others don't. This application is strickly intranet and I was wondering if there was another way of running a program on the server from the client? Possibly via <CFHTTP?? +--------------------------------------------------------------------------- --------+ Philip Humeniuk [EMAIL PROTECTED] [EMAIL PROTECTED] +--------------------------------------------------------------------------- ---------+ ______________________________________________________________________ Your ad could be here. Monies from ads go to support these lists and provide more resources for the community. http://www.fusionauthority.com/ads.cfm FAQ: http://www.thenetprofits.co.uk/coldfusion/faq Archives: http://www.mail-archive.com/cf-talk@houseoffusion.com/ Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/index.cfm?sidebar=lists