> Mappings are evil! I'm not sure mappings deserve the "is evil" moniker. I'll take an explicit mapping (defined in both the CFAdmin and JRun config file) over ColdFusion's quirky path evaluation any day.
> For one, you don't always have access to the admin or admin api to add > said mappings. True, but for most people, this is a non-issue. Regardless, I try to limit my apps to a single root mapping. But almost all my non-trivial apps have at least one. > Secondly, using mappings prevents you from using "copy and > deploy" style methodologies. Again, true, but so do data sources. > Finally, mappings allow all other applications > within the same instance direct access to call your code! I'm not sure I follow this. Mappings may make it easier, but without sandbox security, it seems like this is still possible. Perhaps there are a few exceptions (i.e. applications on different drives). Ben Rogers http://www.c4.net v.508.240.0051 f.508.240.0057 ---------------------------------------------------------- You are subscribed to cfcdev. To unsubscribe, send an email to [email protected] with the words 'unsubscribe cfcdev' as the subject of the email. CFCDev is run by CFCZone (www.cfczone.org) and supported by CFXHosting (www.cfxhosting.com). An archive of the CFCDev list is available at www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]
