Hi Charlie, I did see your suggestion and I like it as well. Thats why I said thank you everyone and I didnt pick any single reply/post.
I wasnt aware of using ini file in ColdFusion for config and it was good to know. As always, your input was very helpful. Thanks, On Wed, Nov 4, 2009 at 11:58 AM, Charlie Arehart <char...@carehart.org>wrote: > Ajas, you mention some loving/some hating XML files. I didn’t see any > reply from you on my note offering yet another alternative (sent 10/24), > where I said simply: > > > > “Or one may find it a little easier to use ini files, and CF’s functions to > read them (added in CF 6), such as getprofilestring, getprofilesections, > setprofilestring.” > > > > I’m not knocking any of the solutions you found, nor do I have any hatred > toward XML myself, but I would again argue that for some uses it would > definitely be “easier” than XML. :-) Not as robust or flexible, no. But if > you just want to read in a few strings that would vary in the implementation > of such an ini file would really suit the purpose well. It’s just one of the > many easily missed features that CF offers. > > > > Not trying to stop you following the other approaches. Just want to make > sure folks are aware of the alternative. :-) > > > > /charlie > > > > *From:* ad...@acfug.org [mailto:ad...@acfug.org] *On Behalf Of *Ajas > Mohammed > *Sent:* Tuesday, November 03, 2009 8:42 PM > *To:* discussion@acfug.org > *Subject:* Re: [ACFUG Discuss] Development vs Production Application.cfm > and other things... > > > > Thank you everyone. The suggestions from everyone were very helpful. Using > the suggestions helped me come across these links > > > > http://environmentconfig.riaforge.org/ > > > > > http://learn.objectorientedcoldfusion.org/wiki/Managing_Multiple_Environment_Configurations > > > > http://tutorial304.easycfm.com/ > > > > > http://www.coldfusionjedi.com/index.cfm/2005/9/2/ColdFusion-101-Config-Files-AGoGo-Part-2-XML-Files > > > > Looks like more people are using or prefer XML. I did see some ppl show > hatred towards XML which is very hard to understand. You would think xml is > the simplest way of storing data or doing things like this. Personally, I > would prefer XML as its easy to work with. > > > > Thanks all, > > > <Ajas Mohammed /> > > > > ------------------------------------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from this list, manage your profile @ > http://www.acfug.org?fa=login.edituserform > > For more info, see http://www.acfug.org/mailinglists > Archive @ http://www.mail-archive.com/discussion%40acfug.org/ > List hosted by FusionLink <http://www.fusionlink.com> > ------------------------------------------------------------- >
