Tyler, perhaps if you CFHTTP to it first as a test with a timeout of 10 seconds of something of that nature? And, if an error occurs, trap it with cftry and cfcatch.. and then display a message that states, "Sorry the x service is not available now. Check back in a few hours." The CFHTTP would only check if there is an issue contacting the server. If the server is up.. but the page is returning a blank html page.. you may also want to interrogate the contents of the page before you call the web-service(cfhttp.filecontent) for a line of code that stays static.. (perhaps the XML declaration?).
-Zine -----Original Message----- From: Tyler Silcox [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Monday, March 24, 2003 1:46 PM To: CF-Talk Subject: CFMX Webservices hangup>>> Is there any way to check to see if a webservice exists before you call it? We have a application on a shared server, and as far as we can tell whenever the webservice can't connect to the remote server, it creates a server-crashing thread that eventually brings ColdFusion. It's on a shared box, so we're in a panic trying to get it fixed...any ideas? Tyler ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| 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 Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=89.70.4
