Christian, No, I didn't submit it (I don't like to be a secretary), you please, no, you are not a secretary either :) for that may be part of your job. Thanks.
Don Li --- Christian Cantrell <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Good point. You could always call the other > functions using the same > routine that CFM pages would be expected to use, but > I can see where it > would be easier (more maintainable) to keep several > functions in a > single file. I have several functions that call > other functions, and > many of them are only one or two lines, so I'm sure > it would get > annoying having directories full of files with > functions containing > only a single line. The idea Jim proposed gets > around this limitation > nicely (dir.file.function). > > Thanks for the feedback, everyone. Li, did you > submit this, or shall I? > > Christian > > On Thursday, January 2, 2003, at 09:34 AM, Ben Doom > wrote: > > > One thing to think about: CF probably shouldn't > require one and only > > one > > UDF per file. Occasionally it makes sense for me > to write UDFs that > > call > > other UDFs (either because the functionality > already exists, will be > > needed > > elsewhere, or it just makes the 'main' UDF easier > to read) and I > > generally > > include those subroutines in the same file. If I > had to have a > > separate > > file for each, it would be rather confusing IMHO. > > > > > > -- Ben Doom > > Programmer & General Lackey > > Moonbow Software, Inc > > > > -----Original Message----- > > From: Christian Cantrell > [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] > > Sent: Wednesday, January 01, 2003 6:01 PM > > To: CF-Talk > > Subject: Re: Some idea about the Efficiency of > UDFs > > > > > > Interesting idea. So how exactly would this work? > Would ColdFusion > > expect one function per file, with the requirement > that the file and > > the function have the same name? Then you could > call any arbitrary > > UDF, and the CF server would look in the proper > directory for the right > > file, then execute the function in that file. How > else could this > > work? > > > > Let's flesh it out a bit here, then I invite you > to submit your idea to > > Macromedia at the following URL: > > > > > http://www.macromedia.com/support/email/wishform/?6213=3 > > > > Christian > > > > On Wednesday, January 1, 2003, at 04:40 PM, Li > Chunshen ((Don)) wrote: > > > >> According to Macromedia's CFMX References on > Using > >> UDFs effectively: > >> > >> "Consider the following techniques for making > your > >> functions available to your ColdFusion pages: > >> > >> If you consistently call a small number of UDFs, > >> consider putting their definitions on the > >> Application.cfm page. > >> If you call UDFs in only a few of your > application > >> pages, do not include their definitions in > >> Application.cfm. > >> If you use many UDFs, put their definitions on > one or > >> more ColdFusion pages that contain only UDFs. You > can > >> include the UDF definition page in any page that > calls > >> the UDFs. " > >> > >> I agree with everything it states, and I think it > >> might help more if CFMX predefines a UDF library > path > >> such as UDFlib under CFMX installation instead of > an > >> arbitrary directory, I can see several benefits > of > >> this approach: > >> consistency -- especially helpful for large > >> development environment; > >> easier for reuse -- across applications/projects > >> (this one is similar to CFMODULE's dot notation > >> method, I love it) > >> > >> And I don't see any downside of it. Thanks. > >> > >> DL > >> > >> > >> --- Matthew Walker <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > wrote: > >>> These two cfmx UDFs from cflib.org may help: > >>> > >>> > >>> <cfscript> > >>> function DSNExists(DSN) { > >>> var factory = > >>> > >> > createObject("java","coldfusion.server.ServiceFactory"); > >>> var DSNs = > >>> factory.getDataSourceService().getNames(); > >>> return > >>> yesNoFormat(listFindNoCase(arrayToList(DSNs), > >>> DSN)); > >>> } > >>> </cfscript> > >>> > >>> > >>> <!--- > >>> Verifies a DSN is working. > >>> > >>> @param dsn Name of a DSN you want to verify. > >>> (Required) > >>> @return Returns a Boolean. > >>> @author Ben Forta ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) > >>> @version 1, October 15, 2002 > >>> ---> > >>> <CFFUNCTION NAME="VerifyDSN" > RETURNTYPE="boolean"> > >>> <CFARGUMENT NAME="dsn" TYPE="string" > >>> REQUIRED="yes"> > >>> > >>> <!--- initialize variables ---> > >>> <CFSET var dsService=""> > >>> <!--- Try/catch block, throws errors if bad > DSN > >>> ---> > >>> <CFSET var result="true"> > >>> > >>> > >>> <CFTRY> > >>> <!--- Get "factory" ---> > >>> <CFOBJECT ACTION="CREATE" > >>> TYPE="JAVA" > >>> > >>> CLASS="coldfusion.server.ServiceFactory" > >>> NAME="factory"> > >>> <!--- Get datasource service ---> > >>> <CFSET > >>> dsService=factory.getDataSourceService()> > >>> <!--- Validate DSN ---> > >>> <CFSET > result=dsService.verifyDatasource(dsn)> > >>> > >>> <!--- If any error, return FALSE ---> > >>> <CFCATCH TYPE="any"> > >>> <CFSET result="false"> > >>> </CFCATCH> > >>> </CFTRY> > >>> > >>> <CFRETURN result> > >>> </CFFUNCTION> > >>> > >>>> -----Original Message----- > >>>> From: Li Chunshen (Don) > [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] > >>>> Sent: Wednesday, 1 January 2003 11:37 a.m. > >>>> To: CF-Talk > >>>> Subject: Request Time > >>>> > >>>> > >>>> specs: CFMX on WinXP Pro; remote datasources on > >>> Win2k > >>>> Pro. > >>>> > >>>> Requestimeout set to 40 seconds via CF admin > >>> (server > >>>> has been rebooted, my friend). Expect cf > server > === message truncated === __________________________________________________ Do you Yahoo!? Yahoo! Mail Plus - Powerful. Affordable. Sign up now. http://mailplus.yahoo.com ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Archives: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/index.cfm?forumid=4 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/index.cfm?method=subscribe&forumid=4 FAQ: http://www.thenetprofits.co.uk/coldfusion/faq Your ad could be here. Monies from ads go to support these lists and provide more resources for the community. http://www.fusionauthority.com/ads.cfm
