Serendipity rules the universe! (and it's sooo cool when it happens)...
At 05:23 PM 9/25/00 -0400, Douglas M. Smith wrote:
>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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