Cant find datasource in CFC

I know the datasource is there, in the root directory. So why can't the CFC find it ...?? Element DATASOURCE is undefined in APPLICATION. The error occurred in /var/www/html/coda/datatrack/DataTrack.cfc: line 14 12 :cfargument name=getType default=ALL type=String required=yes

Re: Cant find datasource in CFC

Other than the obvious comment about how calling variables straight out of the application from within a CFC breaks your object encapsulation ( http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Separation_of_concerns) -- I would suggest dumping before your query. cfdump var=#application# /cfabort / if that doesn't

Re: Cant find datasource in CFC

Colman, Richard wrote: I know the datasource is there, in the root directory. So why can't the CFC find it ...?? Most likely because the cfc is not in the root or a sub-directory under the root. If so then it is not being associated with any application.cfc|cfm file that may be in that root