Dave Watts wrote: >> Can anyone explain what exactly a wildcard mapping is? And >> why CF8 has created the one that I see in IIS? How is it >> used, is it necessary for some functionality, etc...? It's >> defined at the server root level, so is being inherited by >> all of the virtual web sites on the server. > > It's an extension mapping that examines each request, regardless of URL > pattern or file extension. It should be there if you're using CF with IIS 6 > or higher. It's used in place of the ISAPI filter used with previous > versions. The wildcard mapping or filter is used for capturing request > patterns that don't end with .cfm or .cfc, but need to be processed by CF > anyway - Flash Remoting, for example.
To see which patterns are mapped to CF (JRun), open web.xml and scroll to the list of patterns near the bottom. If you want other extensions then cfm and cfc to be processed add them to the list. Jochem ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Enterprise web applications, build robust, secure scalable apps today - Try it now ColdFusion Today ColdFusion 8 beta - Build next generation apps Archive: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/CF-Server/message.cfm/messageid:6470 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/CF-Server/subscribe.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=11502.10531.10
