Have you read or tried CFML's GetProfileSections?
It reads the params from a classic ini file format into a structure, so
you can plop it into the application scope on startup. Try to keep the
ini file itself out of the web path, in case it has passwords or stuff
you don't want people or bots to find.
http://livedocs.adobe.com/coldfusion/8/htmldocs/help.html?content=functions_e-g_54.html
http://www.openbd.org/manual/?/function/getprofilesections
Al
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