Jim, Thanks that is definitely something to try on my next project. Actually that check session code today is in a header file that's cfincluded into every page by default. So it's only ever in one place anyway, but I get the idea.
I've also thought of the idea of having code that runs at the end of every page by default. You could build a table of who is logged in. Course you would have to remove people that haven't selected a page in say twenty minutes or so. Rick Mason On Sat, 12 Mar 2005 13:29:00 -0500, Jim Davis <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > -----Original Message----- > > From: Rick Mason [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > > Sent: Saturday, March 12, 2005 1:10 PM > > To: CF-Talk > > Subject: Re: Application.cfc - why? what's it for? > > > > Jim, > > > > So lets say I have code at the top of every page in my application > > that checks for the existence of certain session variables and if it > > doesn't find them redirects the user to a login page. > > > > You're saying that I could define this once in application.cfc and set > > the behavior for the entire application? Tthis could be a huge > > timesaver for me in building portals. > > Exactly - you would probably do this in the "request start" method (so that > at the beginning of every request this is checked). > > Of course in this particular case you could also do this in Application.cfm > (which has been around since v3) - there's really never a reason to put > something like that in every file of a site. > > Application.cfm runs as an "auto include" on every request (and > OnRequestEnd.cfm runs as an auto include at the end of every request). > > Application.cfc runs as "auto method calls" but for several more events: > request start/end, session start/end, application start/end, errors, etc. > > Jim Davis > > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Logware (www.logware.us): a new and convenient web-based time tracking application. Start tracking and documenting hours spent on a project or with a client with Logware today. Try it for free with a 15 day trial account. http://www.houseoffusion.com/banners/view.cfm?bannerid=67 Message: http://www.houseoffusion.com/lists.cfm/link=i:4:198559 Archives: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/threads.cfm/4 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/lists.cfm/link=s:4 Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=11502.10531.4 Donations & Support: http://www.houseoffusion.com/tiny.cfm/54
