Again, if you simply store the URL as a string in your database then the order of the URL variables matter.
Matt Liotta President & CEO Montara Software, Inc. http://www.montarasoftware.com/ 888-408-0900 x901 > -----Original Message----- > From: Shawn Kernes [mailto:skernes@;liquidseats.com] > Sent: Tuesday, October 29, 2002 2:07 PM > To: CF-Talk > Subject: RE: Shorter urls? > > its a simple problem > > we have something similar at shortlinks.stubhub.com > > just a table with the url you want, an id, and some stats... > > -Shawn > > -----Original Message----- > From: Kevin Graeme [mailto:kgraeme@;facstaff.wisc.edu] > Sent: Tuesday, October 29, 2002 10:43 AM > To: CF-Talk > Subject: RE: Shorter urls? > > > http://www.makeashorterlink.com is where you've probably seen it done. I'm > not sure how they do it either though. > > -Kevin Graeme > > > -----Original Message----- > > From: Ian Lurie [mailto:ian@;portentinteractive.com] > > Sent: Tuesday, October 29, 2002 12:27 PM > > To: CF-Talk > > Subject: Shorter urls? > > > > > > Hi all, > > > > I've searched the devcenter, google, etc. but can't seem to find any > > discussion of how to generate shorter URL strings. I want to take: > > > > http://www.site.com?action=blah&brand=1&name=blahblah&;.... > > > > And convert it to > > > > http://www.site.com/asdfwer234123 > > > > I've seen it done but just can't remember where. Can someone send > > me a url? > > > > Thanks in advance, > > > > Ian > > -- > > Portent Interactive > > Effective web sites through Conversation Marketing > > http://www.portentinteractive.com > > > > > > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Archives: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/index.cfm?forumid=4 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/index.cfm?sidebar=lists&body=lists/cf_talk FAQ: http://www.thenetprofits.co.uk/coldfusion/faq Get the mailserver that powers this list at http://www.coolfusion.com
