On Fri, 18 Jun 2004 10:08:29 +1000, Ryan Sabir <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> I'm just having a think about the best way to set global constants for
> my applications, these are things like datasource names and passwords,
> upload directories etc... as far as I know there are a few ways to set
> these up, these being:
...
> The dumbest way looks like the first method where you are setting
> request scope variables every time any page is called...

As written, your first method is setting *page* scope variables, not
*request* scope variables and is, indeed, pretty dumb :)

> Is there a best practice for this type of this?

Use request scope:

<cfset request.myDSN = "foo" />
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