Using the request scope would certainly be the solution if the problem is that the pages that are failing are being called as custom tags. I'd not recommend using the application scope just for this. Indeed, I wrote an entire article on the reasoning, called "Why It's Wrong to Use Application.dsn in Your Templates" which as in the July CFDJ and is available on my site at www.systemanage.com/cff/articles.cfm
Glen, you haven't indicated if the failing code is in a called custom tag. That would definitely explain it. If it's something else, then it's a more interesting challenge to resolve. /charlie -----Original Message----- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]On Behalf Of Marc Campeau Sent: Friday, March 01, 2002 1:14 PM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: RE: [CFTALKTor] Application.cfm question Could it be that you sometimes include templates in you Application.cfm and at other times not? Could you have another Application.cfm in a directory below this one and that it doesn't declare the variable? > > > <cfset ODBC_DSN = "MyODBCName"> As a suggestion you might consider using an APPLICATION scope variable for ODBC_DSN or even a REQUEST scoped variable. That would be "cleaner" (that's probably debatable) than setting it to the local scope. >From the Doc.: Application variables are designed to store application-level data. They are a convenient place to store information that all pages of your application might need no matter who (what client) is running that application. Using application variables, an application could initialize itself, say, when the first user hit any page of that application. This information could then remain available indefinitely to all subsequent hits of any pages of that application, by all users, thereby avoiding the overhead of repeated initialization. Request variables are global to all templates, includes, custom tags used in any given request. They are not persistent like Application variables. Marc - You are subscribed to the CFUGToronto CFTALK ListSRV. This message has been posted by: "Marc Campeau" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To Unsubscribe, Please Visit and Login to http://www.CFUGToronto.org/ Manager: Kevin Towes ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) http://www.CFUGToronto.org/ This System has been donated by Infopreneur, Inc. (http://www.infopreneur.net) - You are subscribed to the CFUGToronto CFTALK ListSRV. This message has been posted by: "charles arehart" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To Unsubscribe, Please Visit and Login to http://www.CFUGToronto.org/ Manager: Kevin Towes ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) http://www.CFUGToronto.org/ This System has been donated by Infopreneur, Inc. (http://www.infopreneur.net)
