I have set up an instance of an encryption class in the server scope
on one of our servers so that all applications on our server can
access it. I call the encryption function like this:
#server.encryption.AESEncrypt("My Cool String")#
After a series of actions, "My Cool String" that has been passed to
the CFC is then sent to an encryption DLL component, like this:
<cfscript>
private.encrypted =
variables.aesEncryption.SetStringVal(toString(arguments.string),[unrelated
parameter],[unrelated parameter]);
return private.encrypted;
</cfscript>
I was converting a test database of thousands of different test
passwords, and found that I needed to add that toString() function due
to some values that were making it barf. One lingering issue is
giving me grief. It is a string "private". ColdFusion is giving me
an error:
-- Complex object types cannot be converted to simple values..
Interestingly I found that I received a slightly different error when
I tried to pass a string "variables" or "request", etc. But the
bottom line is that it is confusing the string with named data
structures.
If I just call the DLL from the CFM page like this, I have no problems:
<cfset myVariable = "private" />
#variables.aesEncryption.SetStringVal(toString(myVariable), [unrelated
parameter],[unrelated parameter])#
It is only happening when the value is passed as an argument to the
CFC and then to the DLL.
Am I missing something obvious here that anyone else sees?
Thanks!
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~Dave Shuck
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