I didn't say it was preferable in any way. If I were on a Windows box, which I am, I would probably just use CFEXECUTE. Fortunately, I don't have to worry about portability here.
M!ke -----Original Message----- From: Barney Boisvert [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Wednesday, June 15, 2005 1:43 PM To: CF-Talk Subject: Re: DNS query with ColdFusion And that's preferable how? The java method is guarenteed to work on any CF install, while using nslookup not only requires CFEXECUTE access, but also requires nslookup to be installed, and for the format of it's output to never change. cheers, barneyb On 6/15/05, Dawson, Michael <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > If you don't "need" to use Java, you can CFEXECUTE the "nslookup" > command, then parse the results. > > M!ke ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Discover CFTicket - The leading ColdFusion Help Desk and Trouble Ticket application http://www.houseoffusion.com/banners/view.cfm?bannerid=48 Message: http://www.houseoffusion.com/lists.cfm/link=i:4:209595 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=89.70.4 Donations & Support: http://www.houseoffusion.com/tiny.cfm/54