'cos of lessons learned in IIS security holes with "../../../" all the way up to c:\, perhaps?
just kidding - I haven't a clue - but I would be interested in a technical explaination as well (as opposed to what I tell my kids when they want me to justify something: "'cos I said so!") > -----Original Message----- > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > Behalf Of Nathan Dintenfass > Sent: Thursday, 9 June 2005 1:14 AM > To: [email protected] > Subject: Re: [CFCDev] Anyway around the "extends" not allowing dynamic > values? > > > Have we ever had a satisfying explanation for why we can have > relative > paths "down" the directory tree but not "up" the directory tree? > > That would solve this problem (and many others) without > needing dynamic > run-time evaluation of CFC paths. > > > > > Mark Mandel wrote: > > Yeah... good luck with this one - it's just he bane of most CFC > > developer's existence. > > > > Although not a supported feature, you can always try using > relative CFC typing - > > http://www.compoundtheory.com/?action=displayPost&ID=56 > > > > That way if you move your code, it will work just fine. > > > > Otherwise, nope, there is no way of getting around this issue. > > > > I'd suggest writing some sort of installer for each app > dev,stage,prod > > that replaces something like %cfcRoot% as the correct value. Yuck I > > know, but that's about the best idea there is if you don't > wanting to > > use the relative markup. > > > > Just some thoughts. > > > > Mark > > > > On 6/8/05, Dan G. Switzer, II <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > >>I was looking for a "in the mean time" approach I could > take well trying to > >>tie in a new chunk of code into the old infrastructure. > >> > >>-Dan > > > > > > > ---------------------------------------------------------- > 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). > > CFCDev is supported by New Atlanta, makers of BlueDragon > http://www.newatlanta.com/products/bluedragon/index.cfm > > An archive of the CFCDev list is available at > www.mail-archive.com/[email protected] > > > ---------------------------------------------------------- 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). CFCDev is supported by New Atlanta, makers of BlueDragon http://www.newatlanta.com/products/bluedragon/index.cfm An archive of the CFCDev list is available at www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]
