Glad I was able to help! (makes my day!)
Douglas
At 04:44 PM 9/25/00 -0400, Jaime Bonilla wrote:
>Before this message I had spent about 2 hours looking through the Allaire
>site, the Allaire forums, and a couple of CF books searching for information
>on the "request" variables without any luck. Now I know thanks to Doug and
>this list! and how timely... :-)
>
>Jaime
>
>
>-----Original Message-----
>From: Douglas M. Smith [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]
>Sent: Monday, September 25, 2000 4:24 PM
>To: Fusebox
>Subject: Re: Request for more Request Scope information
>
>
>Hi Robert,
>
>In fact, now that I think about it, the only difference between local
>variables and REQUEST variables is that REQUEST variables are available
>across custom tag and <CFMODULE> calls.
>
>Thinking about them this way really makes them easier to approach and use...
>
>Douglas Smith
>
>
>At 03:30 PM 9/25/00 -0400, Douglas M. Smith wrote:
>
>>Variables in the REQUEST scope are only available ("alive") for that
>particular HTML PAGE REQUEST, just as local variables are only available for
>a single template.
>>
>>Think of them as local variables that are available for the entire chain of
>cascading <CFINCLUDES> and <CFMODULE> calls that you make with any single
>HTML page request.
>>
>>They can be used in a very similar fashion to APPLICATION scope variables,
>since they can be accessed across the entire web site (in fact, they can be
>accessed across different <CFAPPLICATIONS>, making them more like SERVER
>scope variables.) They can be accessed across <CFMODULE> or custom tag
>calls, unlike page variables (scope = VARIABLES)
>>
>>However, they are not saved to memory, and are not persistent.
>>
>>They were created to allow CF integration with Spectra, but they are great
>for other purposes.
>>
>>Advantages:
>> Application/Server wide (cross module access)
>> Don't need to be <CFLOCKED>
>>
>>
>>ReqeuAt 01:30 PM 9/22/00 -0400, David Nesbitt wrote:
>>>----- Original Message -----
>>>From: "Nichols, Robert H." <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
>>>
>>>> Use the REQUEST scope. REQUEST is only valid from one form to the next
>>>> form, so the information should carry over.
>>>
>>>Where can one find out more information on the variable "REQUEST" scope.
>A
>>>quick search of the CF docs didn't find anything. Is this a Fusebox
>specific
>>>scope? I've been a little out of the loop lately and might have missed any
>>>discussion on the subject.
>>>
>>>Thanks
>>>
>>>
>>>: David Nesbitt
>>>: Web Production Specialist (ColdFusion)
>>>: (e) [EMAIL PROTECTED]
>>>
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