Isaac, What is wrong with using application scope to hold the user name and password?
----- Original Message ----- From: "S. Isaac Dealey" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "CF-Talk" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Tuesday, July 23, 2002 11:41 AM Subject: RE: Flushing Application scoped vars > > the Ap scope should be reserved for data that changes > > very rarely (like ...<snip>... Datasource names). > > ICK! ... I had to clean up someone else's mess recently with this -- they > used application variables for all their db accessing variables ( dsn, > username and password ) and with zero locking on a heavily trafficked CF5 > server... which of course, caused problems... I replaced them all with > request variables, which solved the problem. > > > Isaac Dealey > > www.turnkey.to > 954-776-0046 > ______________________________________________________________________ Structure your ColdFusion code with Fusebox. Get the official book at http://www.fusionauthority.com/bkinfo.cfm FAQ: http://www.thenetprofits.co.uk/coldfusion/faq Archives: http://www.mail-archive.com/cf-talk@houseoffusion.com/ Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/index.cfm?sidebar=lists
