What we do to accomplish this is to initially create the containers with a
name, and use the R_CONTAINERID attribute to return the container id. I
then change the cfa_container tag to use the returned id, instead of the name,
At 08:51 AM 5/3/01 -0400, you wrote:
> >>From what I can see this is not true. The logic seems to be:
>
> >If you pass the ID, we assume it exists.
> >If you pass the Name, it may or may not exist. If it doesn't, we make it.
>
> >If you are making new containers on the fly, you should provide the name
> >instead of the ID.
>
>The only problem with grabbing these containers by name is that the
>containers in question are shared in a template across multiple pages. I
>thought that if I'm trying to re-use containers across pages that the UUID
>is the best way to reference the container. So at that point, how do I make
>sure that users haven't deleted a container that has been "hard-coded".
>
>I have thrown my shared object UUID's in my Application.cfm and I then
>access them from multiple pages using the request scope. Is there a way to
>catch a missing container without putting extra strain on the system?
>
>Am I just not getting the picture here?
>
>Thanks,
>Nate
>
>-----
>
><!----------------------------------------------------------
>| SETTING GLOBAL VARIABLES FOR SPECIAL FIXED CONTAINERS
>----------------------------------------------------------->
><CFSCRIPT>
> request.global = STRUCTNEW();
> request.global.containerids = STRUCTNEW();
> request.global.containerids.grouplink =
>'9F729BCF-A87E-4855-913D2625DF482D6F';
> request.global.containerids.quicklink =
>'62A18178-9C22-4129-A0D7C0E7E069B16C';
> request.global.containerids.stateleaguelink =
>'F6AC38E6-FB1D-4EF1-9C501A2669C6D2BD';
> request.global.containerids.highlights =
>'B6B827B6-CE15-4DA7-B8CDE5D7BA6081DB';
></CFSCRIPT>
>
>
>-
>Nate Smith,
>Lead Developer
>[EMAIL PROTECTED]
>www.doceus.com
>
>
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